Laramie (CTA station)

Laramie
Location 5148 West Lake Street
Chicago, Illinois 60644
Coordinates 41°53′14″N 87°45′18″W / 41.887163°N 87.754986°W / 41.887163; -87.754986
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)
Platforms 2 Side platforms
Tracks 2 tracks
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Bicycle facilities Yes
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened April 29, 1894
Rebuilt 1899, 1996
Previous names 52nd Avenue
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 465,524[1]Increase 3.2%
Rank 118 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station
toward Harlem/Lake
Green Line
Route map
Legend

Green Line
west to Harlem/Lake

Laramie Ave.

Green Line
east to Ashland/63rd and Cottage Grove

Laramie is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Green Line and the Austin neighborhood on the West Side. It opened on April 29, 1894 as a terminus of the Lake Street Elevated Railroad. It is the first station above Lake Street as the line follows an elevated embankment to Harlem/Lake.

Bus connections

CTA

Notes and references

Notes

  1. Due to possible double-counting of physically-connected stations, the CTA's official 2014 tally of stations was 145, but for ridership purposes reported having only 143 stations.

References

  1. "Monthly Ridership Report December 2014" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority Ridership Analysis and Reporting. March 5, 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

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