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Chicago Transit Authority
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Chicago Transit Authority, also known as CTA, is the operator of mass transit in Chicago, Illinois and some of its surrounding suburbs, including the trains of the Chicago L and CTA bus service. In 1952, CTA purchased the assets of the Chicago Motor Coach Company, today, the CTA is one of the three service boards financially supported by the Regional Transportation Authority. The Chicago Transit Authority provides service to Chicago and 40 surrounding suburbs, the CTA provided a total of 532 million rides in 2011, a 3 percent increase over 2010 with ridership rising to levels not seen for 20 years. CTA operates 24 hours each day and on an average weekday provides 1.7 million rides on buses and it has approximately 1,800 buses that operate over 140 routes traveling along 2,230 route miles. Buses provide about one million trips a day and serve more than 12,000 posted bus stops in 10 suburbs. The Chicago Transit Authoritys 1,450 train cars operate eight routes and 222 miles of track. Its trains provide about 750,000 customer trips each weekday and serve 144 stations in Chicago and seven suburbs. Currently, the CTA operates within Chicago and the suburbs of Forest Park, Evanston, Skokie, Oak Park, Summit, Cicero, Berwyn, North Riverside, Rosemont. The CTA accepts payment with a Ventra card, a single-ride or 1-day Ventra disposable ticket, contactless credit or debit card, children under seven can ride free with a fare-paying rider, 3-child limit. Only buses allow riders to pay with cash, the bus fare is $2, the L fare is $2.25, and no cash transfers are available. The CTA no longer sells Transit Cards, all remaining Transit Cards must have been used by July 1,2014. In its place CTA has adopted the Ventra Card system, the Ventra Card can be purchased online, at any Ventra machine at CTA stations, and at authorized retailers. Ventra is a fare payment system for the Chicago Transit Authority and Pace that replaced the Chicago Card. Ventra launched in August 2013, with a full system transition slated for July 1,2014, Ventra is operated by Cubic Transportation Systems. Riders can pay a quarter for up to two transfers within two hours, the Chicago Transit Authority produced a monthly television show, Connections, from May 2003 through December 2011. The show was hosted by Dale Rivera, Jeanne Sparrow, Connections was broadcast on City of Chicago Public-access television cable TV channels 23 &49, as well as on Comcasts CN100 in the Chicago media market, including areas of Michigan and Indiana. Connections featured news and information about the CTA and services it provides, individual segments from Connections are available on CTAs YouTube channel. The majority of train stations CTA operates have elevators or ramps to access for customers with disabilities
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Orange Line (CTA)
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The Orange Line, is a rapid transit line in Chicago, Illinois run by the Chicago Transit Authority as part of the L system. In September 2012, the average weekday boardings on the Orange Line were 63,037. The Orange Line operates between Midway Airport and the Loop, weekdays from 4,00 a. m. to 1,25 a. m. the Orange Line begins in an open cut at a station on the east side of Midway International Airport. From here, the rises to an elevated viaduct at 55th Street. Entering the IC right-of-way, the line changes from elevated structure to surface level. The line continues on surface level to Ashland Avenue where it crosses the bridge of the South Branch of the Chicago River, at this point, the line enters the joint Illinois Central and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad right-of-way continuing on embankment to Canal Street. The ballasted track ends and the timber deck begins here, Orange Line trains share the tracks with the Green Line operating from this junction to Tower 12 at the southeast corner of the Loop. Orange Line trains operate clockwise around the inner loop - via Van Buren Street, Wells Street, Lake Street, along the Orange Lines main route there are seven stations. An eighth station is located at Roosevelt/Wabash on the old South Side L which Orange Line trains share with Green Line trains, a passenger tunnel connects this station with the Roosevelt/State subway station on the Red Line. A downtown superstation has been proposed to provide service from the Loop to OHare and Midway, via the Orange. The station would provide such as baggage check. The downtown terminal is under construction, but the express tracks required for the Airport Express trains have yet to be funded, the Orange Line is operated with the 2600-series railcars and the Morrison-Knudsen-built 3200-series railcars which were delivered a year before the opening of the route. From November 8,2012 to October 31,2014, some 2400-series railcars were assigned to the line. Trains operate using eight cars during rush hours and four cars during other times on weekdays. A non-rush hour four car Orange Line train consists of two 2600-series cars and two 3200-series cars or four 2600-series cars or four 3200-series cars. The Orange Lines 2600-series cars are expected to remain in service on the line until the 2020s, the 3200-series rehabilitation began in 2015 and will be completed in 2017. Beginning in June 2014, CTA began to transfer some 2600-series cars to the line as a replacement for its 2400-series cars. The last 2400-series cars were retired from service on October 31,2014 and it would be another four decades before Chicago transit planners would become serious about providing rapid transit service to this area of the city
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Green Line (CTA)
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The Green Line is a rapid transit line on the Chicago Transit Authoritys L system. It is the only completely elevated route in the entire system, as of September 2012, the average number weekday boardings on the Green Line is 70,554. Here the Green Line tracks leaves the railroad embankment and continues east on an elevated structure directly above Lake Street. The L bridges a couple of tracks before entering downtown Chicago at Clinton Street. East of Clinton Street, the route bridges Metras Union Pacific railroad tracks, in downtown Chicago, the Green Line operates over the famous Union Loop L structure along with Brown Line, Orange Line, Pink Line and Purple Line Express trains. However, Green Line trains operate both ways over the Lake Street and Wabash Avenue sides only, and does not use the Wells Street and Van Buren Street sides of the Loop. The Green Line is the line in the L system that has two entry/exit points to the elevated Loop, the only route that does not use the Loop to terminate. Its route uses the Wabash and Lake sides of the Loop, which are used by the Orange, Pink, Purple and Brown Lines. Leaving the Loop at Tower 12, the tracks continue along Wabash Avenue and follows an S curve to the west and this 3.8 mile section is the oldest part of Chicagos L system. On this segment, the Green Line shares tracks with the Orange Line between the Loop and 17th Street, passengers can transfer between the two lines at Roosevelt/Wabash station. The other stations on this section are at Cermak–McCormick Place and 35th–Bronzeville–IIT, adjacent the Illinois Institute of Technology campus, prior to 1994 the East 63rd branch extended as far east as Stony Island Avenue. It was shortened to University in 1982 and Cottage Grove in 1996, the Ashland branch continues south and west following 59th Street, Princeton Avenue and 63rd Street to the Ashland terminal in Englewood. The yard and inspection shop lie to the south between the old Racine station and the Ashland/63rd terminal. The L tracks continues west to an end at Hermitage Avenue, a prediction for a future extension of the route westward, however. Prior to 1992, the Englewood branch had two stops at Wentworth and Harvard, closed by the CTA for service cuts. Halsted/63rd is the only remaining stop on the 3.1 miles route, the Englewood branch was permanently renamed the Ashland branch as of March 2013 according to the CTA. The Jackson Park branch continues south from the mainline between Calumet and Prairie Avenues, passing the old yard and inspection facilities at 61st Street in Washington Park. South of here, the route curves east over 63rd Street, prior to 1994, the Jackson Park branch of the Green Line once terminated at University/63rd and before that, at Stony Island/63rd from 1893 until 1982
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Purple Line (CTA)
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The Purple Line of the Chicago Transit Authority is a 3. 9-mile route on the northernmost section of the Chicago L rapid transit system. Normally, it extends south from Linden Avenue in Wilmette, passing through Evanston to Howard Street, in September 2012, the average weekday boardings on the Purple Line was 45,036. The Purple Line operates Mondays to Thursdays 4,25 a. m. to 1,30 a. m, fridays,4,30 a. m. to 2,10 a. m. Saturdays 5,05 a. m. to 2,15 a. m. the express service is known as the Purple Line Express, while the Linden-Howard shuttle service is the Purple Line Shuttle. From 2003 to 2006 the Purple Line ran a Loop-bound train every 30 minutes during off-peak hours and this service was discontinued on January 1,2007. Prior to the color-coding of CTA rail lines in 1993, the Purple Line was known as the Evanston Line, Evanston Service or Evanston Shuttle, the selection of purple as the lines color was likely from Northwesterns official school color being purple. Beginning at Linden Avenue in Wilmette, which contains a storage yard and car service shop. The line, now on an embankment, curves southward parallel to Sherman Avenue. Here the line crosses through the area before the junction with the Red Line. The tracks are split on grade separated structures to allow Yellow Line trains to enter the junction from the west, immediately south of the yard lies the Howard Street terminal, where Red, Purple and Yellow Line trains all terminate. There are four operational tracks starting at Howard Street, continuing on to Armitage Avenue, during weekday rush hours, the Purple Line runs express on the outer tracks, skipping all stops until Belmont Avenue. From Belmont Avenue to Armitage Avenue, the Purple Line and Brown Line share the outside tracks, from just south of Armitage Avenue to just north of Chicago Avenue, they are on a two track line on a 4-track structure. After the North Shore Line ceased operations in 1963, the tracks in this area were rarely used and received next to no maintenance. Beginning April 2,2007, the Purple Line Express was rerouted onto the Outer Loop track along with the Brown Line due to the construction at the Belmont and Fullerton stations. Prior to this, Purple Line Express trains were diverted to the Outer Loop track in the event of emergencies or signal problems in the Loop. On December 4,2008, the CTA announced that the Purple Line Express would return to the original Inner Loop routing on December 29. If a problem occurs between the Loop and the Fullerton station, the Purple Line is generally routed into the subway, however, trains had to cross over to the inner Red Line tracks, as there is no platform access to the outer tracks at Addison. As a result of the Brown Line construction and in effort to minimize delays, the station was constructed with two island platforms that can access the express tracks, eliminating the need for trains to switch over
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Pink Line (CTA)
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The Pink Line is an 11.2 mi rapid transit line in Chicago, run by the Chicago Transit Authority as part of the Chicago L system. It is CTAs newest rail line and began operation for a 180-day trial period on June 25,2006, the route to the Loop follows tracks shared with Green Line trains on Lake Street, connected by the previously non-revenue Paulina Connector. In September 2012, the average weekday boardings on the Pink Line was 33,737, the Pink Line does not make any L train transfers on the Douglas Branch. The Pink Line operates between 54th/Cermak and the Loop, weekdays from 4,05 a. m. to 1,25 a. m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 5,05 a. m. to 1,25 a. m. This would allow a doubling of Blue Line trains to Forest Park on the Congress Line, the CTA has also promised that service to/from 54th/Cermak would be increased 100% during weekday rush hours. On February 15,2006, the CTA approved the separate plan, non-rush hour trains would be routed via the Loop, Green Line tracks and Paulina Connector. During weekday rush hours, service would be available on this routing as well as the route via the Dearborn Street Subway every half hour. These changes went into effect beginning June 25,2006, with the trial scheduled to end 180 days later on December 22,2006. Originally, Douglas trains were operated by the Metropolitan West Side Elevated directly into the Loop by means of the Metropolitans main line, the entire Douglas Branch is ADA accessible. The Pink Line began operation on June 25,2006, using the rebuilt Paulina Connector which had not been used in revenue service for 48 years. The service, which was set up as a temporary service to be run for a trial period of 180 days. Pink Line trains operate clockwise on the Inner Loop track via Lake-Wabash-Van Buren-Wells before returning to 54th/Cermak, on December 4,2008, CTA announced its decision to make the Pink Line permanent. On the Pink Line, what was once the Blue Lines Douglas branch begins at 54th Avenue, the line turns north near Paulina Street stopping at 18th and Polk stations, then crosses over the Eisenhower Expressway. Here, a two track non-revenue branch diverges that descends to the expressway to provide a track connection to the Blue Line. It continues on the Paulina Connector to share tracks with the Green Line on Lake Street with stops at Ashland, Morgan and Clinton, the Pink Line is operated with the Bombardier-built 5000-series railcars. Trains operate using four cars on weekdays and weekends, occasionally, the Pink and Green Lines borrow each others cars when either line is short on cars. The 5000-series cars returned to the Pink Line on May 7,2012, at the time of their reintroduction, all Pink Line consists using 5000-series cars were six cars long. The last 2600-series cars were removed from service from the Pink Line on June 8,2012, most of the Pink Lines 2600-series cars were reassigned to the Blue Line to replace its 2200-series cars
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Brown Line (CTA)
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The Brown Line of the Chicago L system, is an 11. 4-mile route with 27 stations between Chicagos Albany Park neighborhood and downtown Chicago. It runs completely above ground and is almost entirely grade-separated and it is the third busiest L route, with an average of 101,881 passengers boarding each weekday in 2011. The Brown Line operates to the Loop weekdays and Saturdays from 4,00 am to 1,30 am and on Sundays from 5,00 am to 1,30 am. The Brown Line Shuttle service, running only between Kimball and Belmont, runs from 4,00 am to 2,20 am on weekdays and Saturdays, at Belmont, southbound riders can transfer to the 24-hour Red Line. Before CTA lines were color-coded in 1993, the Brown Line was known as the Ravenswood Route, specifically, accordingly, the Kimball-Belmont shuttle service was called the Ravenswood Shuttle. The Brown Line begins on the northwest side of Chicago, at the Kimball terminal in Albany Park, from there, trains operate over street level tracks between Leland and Eastwood Avenues to Rockwell Street, then ramp up to the elevated structure for the rest of the trip. The trains on the section are powered by third rail rather than overhead catenary. After the Damen station, the route south, about one-half block parallel and west of Metras Union Pacific North railroad line. Here the route turns east again and runs parallel to Roscoe Street past Sheffield Avenue where it again turns south at Clark Junction to join the four-track North Side elevated line in Lakeview. From just north of Belmont station south to Armitage, Brown and Red Line trains operate side-by-side, Brown and Purple Line trains run on the outermost tracks serving five stops, while Red Line trains run on the innermost tracks making only two stops. The Brown Line is operated with the Morrison-Knudsen-built 3200-series railcars, delivered from 1992 through 1994, 2600-series railcars sometimes appear on the Brown Line when there is a shortage of 3200-series cars. The Orange Lines 2400-series cars have since replaced by the 2600-series cars as of October 31,2014. Still, one 2600-series car 3458, remains on the Brown Line, the Brown Line operate using four cars at other times on weekdays and all day on weekends and eight cars during weekday rush hours. The 3200-series rehabilitation began in 2015 and will be completed in 2017, beginning March 30,2008, the Brown Line began running eight cars during rush hours, since all of the reopened or renovated stations have been rebuilt to accommodate eight cars. Prior to this, although ridership certainly warranted eight cars on the Brown Line during weekday rush hours, six cars are standard on the Brown Line during midday. Early morning, late evening, and weekend service is provided by four cars, although this may be extended to eight cars due to special events. The Northwestern Elevated Railroad opened the Ravenswood branch between the main line and Western Avenue in Lincoln Square on May 18,1907. The route was completed to the Kimball terminal on December 14,1907, the Kimball terminal was completely renovated and a new bridge over the North Branch of the Chicago River was completed in the 1970s
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Side platform
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A side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. Dual side platform stations, one for direction of travel, is the basic station design used for double-track railway lines. Side platforms may result in a wider overall footprint for the station compared with a platform where a single width of platform can be shared by riders using either track. In some stations, the two platforms are connected by a footbridge running above and over the tracks. While a pair of platforms is often provided on a dual-track line. Where the station is close to a crossing the platforms may either be on the same side of the crossing road or alternatively may be staggered in one of two ways. With the near-side platforms configuration, each platform appears before the intersection, in some situations a single side platform can be served by multiple vehicles simultaneously with a scissors crossing provided to allow access mid-way along its length. Normally, the facilities of the station are located on the Up platform with the other platform accessed from a footbridge. However, in cases the stations main buildings are located on whichever side faces the town or village the station serves. Larger stations may have two platforms with several island platforms in between. Some are in a Spanish solution format, with two platforms and an island platform in between, serving two tracks
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Chicago "L"
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The Chicago L is the rapid transit system serving the city of Chicago and some of its surrounding suburbs in the U. S. state of Illinois. It is operated by the Chicago Transit Authority, Chicagos L provides 24-hour service on some portions of its network, being one of only five rapid transit systems in the United States to do so. The oldest sections of the Chicago L started operations in 1892, making it the second oldest rapid transit system in the Americas, the L has been credited with fostering the growth of Chicagos dense city core that is one of the citys distinguishing features. The L consists of eight rapid transit lines laid out in a spoke–hub distribution paradigm focusing transit towards the Loop. Although the L gained its name because large parts of the system are elevated, portions of the network are also in subway tunnels, at grade level, or open cut. In 2014, the L had an average of 752,734 passenger boardings each weekday,486,267 each Saturday, over the next year service was extended to 63rd Street and Stony Island Avenue, then the Transportation Building of the Worlds Columbian Exposition in Jackson Park. In 1893, trains running on the Lake Street Elevated Railroad and in 1895 on the Metropolitan West Side Elevated, which had lines to Douglas Park, Garfield Park, Humboldt Park. Two years later the South Side L introduced multiple-unit control, in which the operator can control all the cars in a train. Electrification and MU control remain standard features of most of the rapid transit systems. A drawback of early L service was none of the lines entered the central business district. The Union Loop opened in 1897 and greatly increased the rapid transit systems convenience, insull instituted many improvements, including free transfers and through routing, although he did not formally combine the original firms into the Chicago Rapid Transit Company until 1924. The construction of the Subway created the necessity to tunnel under the Chicago River, the State Street Subway opened on October 17,1943, the Dearborn Subway, on which work had been suspended during World War II, opened on February 25,1951. The subways were constructed with a purpose of serving as bomb shelters. The subways bypassed a number of curves and circuitous routings on the original elevated lines. In 1947, the Chicago Transit Authority acquired the assets of the Chicago Rapid Transit Company and the Chicago Surface Lines, operator of the citys streetcars. Over the next few years CTA modernized the L, replacing wooden cars with new ones and closing lightly used branch lines and stations. Later, after assuming control of the L, the CTA introduced a service known as the A/B skip-stop service. Under this service, trains were designated as either A or B trains, a trains would only stop at A or AB stations, and B trains would only stop at B or AB stations
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The Loop (CTA)
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The Loop is the 1. 79-mile long circuit of elevated railroad that forms the hub of the Chicago L system in Chicago, Illinois. As of 2012, the branch has served 74,651 passengers every weekday, the Loop is so named because the railroad loops around a rectangle formed by Lake Street, Wabash Avenue, Van Buren Street, and Wells Street. The railroad loop has given its name to Chicagos downtown, which is known as the Loop, however, transportation historian Bruce Moffat has concluded that The Loop was not used as a proper noun until after Charles Yerkes 1895–97 construction of the elevated structure. In 201120,896,612 passengers entered the L via these stations, five of the eight L lines use the Loop tracks. Two of the three lines, Blue Line and Red Line, run underground through the center of the loop. The Yellow Line is the only CTA line that does not run on or connect to the loop, the Purple Line Express and the Brown Line enter from the north at the northwestern corner. The Purple Line Express makes a circuit in the clockwise direction while the Brown Line makes a full circuit traveling counterclockwise. The Orange Line enters from the south at the southeastern corner, following the completion of a full circuit in their directions, trains of these four lines return to their terminals making stops in the reverse order they made when heading to the Loop. The Green Line runs in both directions but does not make a circuit, using only the north and eastern sides of the Loop to move between the Lake Street branch and the South Side Elevated. Two towers control entry to and exit from the Loop, Tower 12 stands at the southeastern corner. Tower 18 stands watch over the three-quarter union located at the northwestern corner, the current Tower 18 was placed into service on September 7,1969 after being relocated diagonally across the junction from the original 19th century tower. Charles Tyson Yerkes masterminded the linking of these railroads, originally there were 12 stations, with three stations on each side. The construction of the west-leg of the Union Loop over Wells Street required the removal of the platform of the Fifth/Lake station. The addition of the Northwestern Elevated Railroad caused the removal of the rest of the station as the remaining platform sat across the new entry point. This left 11 stations, two on the leg of the loop and three on each other leg. 1977 Chicago Loop derailment Chicago Central Area Transit Plan Wells Street Terminal Historic American Engineering Record No, iL-1, Union Elevated Railroad, Union Loop Loop Elevated at Chicago-L. org
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Washington/Wabash station
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Washington/Wabash is a Chicago L rapid transit station scheduled to open in early 2017. It will serve as a consolidation and replacement of the Randolph/Wabash and Madison/Wabash stations, the project is being undertaken by the Chicago Department of Transportation. Construction of the $75 million station will begin in 2016 following the closure of Madison/Wabash in March 2015, the station will be located between Washington and Madison Streets on Wabash Avenue in the Chicago Loop. It will be one of three new stations in the Loop with Washington/Wells being the first and Harold Washington Library – State/Van Buren being the second
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Roosevelt station (CTA)
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Roosevelt is a station on the Chicago Transit Authoritys L system, located in between the Chicago Loop and the Near South Side in Chicago, Illinois. It is situated at 1167 S State Street, just north of Roosevelt Road, the station is also the closest L station to the Museum Campus of Chicago and Soldier Field, which are about 1⁄2 mile to the east. The Museum Campus/11th Street Metra station is also about 1⁄3 mile to the east, an elevated station at Roosevelt Road opened on June 6,1892, as part of the Chicago and South Side Rapid Transit Railroad, the first elevated rapid transit line in Chicago. From 1919 to 1963 interurban trains of the North Shore Line also used the station, the subway station at Roosevelt Road opened on October 17,1943, as part of the State Street Subway. In 1993, when the new elevated station was constructed it was intended that there should be a link to the subway, however. In 2002, the stations were linked as a single facility through the Roosevelt transfer tunnel. org Roosevelt/Wabash station page at Chicago-L. org
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Midway station (CTA)
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Midway is a station of the Chicago Transit Authoritys L system, serving the Orange Line. It is the terminus of the Orange Line and serves Midway International Airport in Chicago. The turnstiles at the entrance are somewhat wider than most to accommodate airport passengers. The station, along with the rest of the Orange Line, opened on October 31,1993 and it is also the closest station to Toyota Park, home of the Chicago Fire Major League Soccer Team, approximately 4 miles away. Although in the Garfield Ridge community area, the station serves residents in the West Elsdon. Prior to 1993, the southwest side was served only by the Douglas Park Branch of the West-Northwest Line, as the city expanded, this service became insufficient. During the 1940s, when subways were being constructed under State and Dearborn Streets, however, this plan was not approved. On January 22,1990, there was a ceremony held at the future site of Midway Station. Many people attended, including Mayor Daley, Bernard Ford, the CTA Acting Executive Director, and David Williams, in 1993, the CTA finished building the new Orange Line. It cost about $500 million despite the use of abandoned railroad right-of-ways, when the garage was built on the east side of Cicero, it bisected the walkway from the station to the airport
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Harlem/Lake station
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Harlem/Lake, also known as Harlem, is a station on the Chicago Transit Authoritys L system, serving the Green Line. It is the terminus of the Green Line. The station opened on October 28,1962 and was formerly called Harlem Terminal, the Lake Street Elevated went further through Oak Park and was built to Marion Street in 1901 and extended just a few blocks west past Harlem Avenue into Forest Park on May 20,1910. Neither the L nor the C&NW had any type of crossing protection originally, Harlem was a consolidation of the Forest Park and Marion stations. The station is located at 1 South Harlem Avenue and is the terminus of the Green Line. Though the station is named Harlem/Lake, Lake Street does not intersect with the station, the station is next to the Oak Park Metra commuter railroad station. It is located between the Oak Park and Forest Park boundary line at Harlem Avenue, CTA90 Harlem Pace 305 Cicero/River Forest 307 Harlem 309 Lake Street 313 St
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Ashland/63rd station
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Ashland/63rd is a station on the Chicago Transit Authoritys L system, located in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois and serving the Green Lines Ashland branch. It is situated at 6315 S Ashland Avenue and it opened on May 6,1969. This station is the terminal of the Ashland branch of the Green Line. The station contains a Park n ride lot with 235 spaces as well as a Kiss n Ride lane, though the station itself was not rebuilt in the Green Line renovation of 1994-96, an elevator was added to the station during that time to make it ADA accessible. This is one of two stations on the Green Line to be named Ashland, the other station is on the Lake Street branch and is shared between the Green and Pink Lines. The Red Line served this station from May to October 2013, CTA9 Ashland 63 63rd Ashland Ashland Ashland/63rd Station Page at Chicago-L. org Ashland Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
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Cottage Grove station
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Cottage Grove is a station on the Chicago Transit Authoritys L system, serving the Green Lines East 63rd branch and the Woodlawn neighborhood. The station is situated at 800 E 63rd Street, the station opened on April 23,1893. This station is the current terminal of the East 63rd branch of the Green Line, Cottage Grove officially opened in 1893 when the South Side Rapid Transit company extended its line from 39th Street to Jackson Park, just in time for the Worlds Columbian Exposition. The line was shortened to Stony Island and 63rd after the fair concluded, Stony Island remained the terminus of the East 63rd branch for nearly 100 years. However, on March 4,1982, service east of 61st was suspended due to a bridge over the Illinois Central trackage. Service on the East 63rd branch was restored on December 12,1982, in 1989, Cottage Grove was demolished and replaced with an entirely new station, which opened in 1991. The new station was open for two years before the entire Green Line closed for a massive renovation in 1994. When the Green Line closed in 1994, the CTA was planning to re-extend the line from University to a new station at Dorchester, the new station would have offered connections to Metra Electric and South Shore Line trains, as well as CTA buses through a brand-new bus terminal. However, opposition from Woodlawn residents forced a decision for the CTA. The East 63rd branch was demolished from Cottage Grove Avenue to Drexel Avenue to prevent in-service trains from traveling on the unrehabbed trackage east of Cottage Grove. When the line reopened in 1996, Cottage Grove became the terminal of the East 63rd branch, the rest of the line east of Cottage Grove, including the abandoned University station and the partially-built Dorchester station, was completely demolished. The Cottage Grove station was never intended to be a terminus, although the station has two platforms, the northern platform is the only one that is really ever used. This is because no fare controls exist on the southern platform, for this reason, the southern platforms can only be used by trains that continue to the 61st or Lower 63rd Yards. The southern platform is used by rush-hour trains that run empty to Garfield. The one-track setup works for Cottage Grove because the station only sees trains arrive/depart every 20–25 minutes, since the East 63rd branch was torn down all the way to Cottage Grove, no turnaround track exists east of the station. Trains needing to switch to the platform must utilize a crossover track just west of the station. CTA4 Cottage Grove 63 63rd Cottage Grove Station Page at Chicago-L. org Cottage Grove Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
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Linden station (CTA)
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Linden is an L station and the northern terminus of CTAs Purple Line. It is the only L stop in Wilmette, Illinois, and is located at 349 Linden Avenue, the original station opened in 1912, with a station house designed by Arthur Gerber added in 1913. In 1984, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places, a new station was built close to the original station from October 1991 until September 1993, the original station house has since been converted into a bank. The station is located at 349 Linden Avenue in Wilmette, Illinois, an older station, the Linden Avenue Terminal, remains, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The station is only a few blocks away from the Baháí House of Worship, and is about a mile from Metras Wilmette commuter railroad station
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54th/Cermak station
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54th/Cermak is a station on the Chicago Transit Authoritys L system, serving the Pink Line, and is the western terminus of this line. It is at Cermak Road between 54th and Laramie Avenues in Cicero, Illinois and it is the only terminal with only one track used for service. Trains board on the half of 54th/Cermak station and unload on the western half
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Kimball station
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Kimball is the L station at the terminus of the CTAs Brown Line. It is located in Chicagos Albany Park neighborhood, from Kimball trains run south and then east to Kedzie, which is about 0.33 miles away. During regular hours trains are scheduled to depart from Kimball every 7–10 minutes, the original station at Kimball was constructed by the Northwestern Elevated Railroad and opened on December 14,1907. This station was demolished and a new built in its place in 1974. The newly opened station was used for filming for the 1975 film, the station has three tracks which are served by an island platform and a side platform, there is also a train storage yard and a workshop alongside the station. Although Kimball Station was rebuilt in 1974 it was upgraded as part of the Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project. The station was closed from September 15,2006 to January 12,2007, during this closure the two platforms were extended to support eight railcars, and the station entrance was reconfigured to better meet ADA requirements. CTA81 Lawrence 82 Kimball/Homan 93 California/Dodge Kimball Station Page Train schedule at CTA official site Lawrence Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
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Madison/Wabash station
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Madison/Wabash was an L station which served the CTAs Brown, Green, Orange, Pink, and Purple Lines. From 1919 to 1963, it also served trains of the North Shore Line. This station and Randolph/Wabash are scheduled to be replaced by Washington/Wabash in 2017, the station closed on March 16,2015. As of summer 2016, the Washington/Wabash station construction has begun, nothing remains of the Madison/Wabash station except for the structure it was built on. During the weekend of May 23–24,2015, the entire Inner Loop platform was completely removed, on June 6,2015, the transfer bridge was completely removed. During the weekend of June 20–21,2015, the entire Outer Loop platform was completely removed, from July to August 2015, the station house, the fare controls, and the mezzanine were removed. The Washington/Wabash station will be completed in spring of 2017, iL-1-I, Union Elevated Railroad, Madison-Wabash Avenue Station Madison/Wabash Station Page at Chicago-L. org Madison Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
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LaSalle/Van Buren station
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LaSalle/Van Buren is an L station in downtown Chicago serving the CTAs Brown, Orange, Pink, and Purple Lines. LaSalle/Van Buren is one of the nine stations on the Loop, the station opened on October 3,1897. LaSalle Street Station, terminal for Metras Rock Island District trains, is less than a block from the station and it was seen in the 1986 film Running Scared with Gregory Hines and Billy Crystal. All of the surroundings including the platforms and the station are still the same now as they were in the movie and it was also a location in one of the final scenes of the 1987 film Planes, Trains and Automobiles with Steve Martin and John Candy. The Chicago Board of Trade Building is one block to the north
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Interurban
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The interurban is a type of electric railway, with streetcar-like light electric self-propelled railcars which run within and between cities or towns. They were prevalent in North America between 1900 and 1925 and were used primarily for travel between cities and their surrounding suburban and rural communities. Limited examples existed in Europe and Asia, Interurban as a term encompassed the companies, their infrastructure, and the cars that ran on the rails. The interurban, especially in the United States, was a cultural institution. Most roads and town streets were unpaved, and transportation was by horse-drawn carriages, the interurban provided vital transportation links between the city and countryside. In 1915,15,500 miles of railways were operating in the United States. For a time, interurban railways were the fifth-largest industry in the United States, by 1930, most interurbans were gone, with few surviving into the 1950s. The term interurban was coined by Charles L. Henry, a senator in Indiana. The Latin, inter urbes, means between cities, the interurban fit on a continuum between urban street railways and full-fledged railroads. George W. Hilton and John F, Due identified four characteristics of an interurban, Electric power for propulsion. Passenger service as the primary business, equipment heavier and faster than urban streetcars. Operation on tracks in city streets, and in areas on roadside tracks or private right-of-way. The definition of interurban is necessarily blurry, there was a large amount of consolidation of lines following initial construction. In 1905 the United States Census Bureau defined an interurban as a railway having more than half its trackage outside municipal limits. It drew a distinction between interurban and suburban railroads, a suburban system was oriented toward a city center in a single urban area and served commuter traffic. A regular railroad moved riders from one city center to city center. The typical interurban similarly served more than one city, but it served a smaller region and made frequent stops. The 1880s and saw the first successful deployments of electric traction in streetcar systems, most of these built on the pioneering work of Frank J. Sprague, who developed an improved method for mounting an electric traction motor and using a trolley pole for pickup
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Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
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The North Shore Line was formed in 1916, when industrialist Samuel Insull acquired the Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railway Company. Beginning in 1919, the railroad provided freight and passenger service between the Chicago Loop and downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After World War II, the North Shore Line began to face a decline in passenger ridership. The Chicago Transit Authority Yellow Line currently operates over a portion of the former right-of-way, other rail services serve various other former markets of the North Shore Line. The predecessor of the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee was founded in 1891 as the Waukegan & North Shore Rapid Transit Company, as the company grew and made plans for expansion, it became the Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railroad. Electricity was provided by a line with a semi-flexible wand that reached from the train to the electric line. Every 10 miles or so was a substation that used large transformers to boost the voltage to the line to about 20,000 volts, when the company exited reorganization in 1916, it was renamed to Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad. Chicago utility magnate Samuel Insull acquired a controlling interest in the railroad, the North Shore Line of 1916 consisted of a main line whose southern terminus was at Church Street in Evanston, Illinois, somewhat north of the Chicago city limits. The line continued north through Chicagos wealthy north shore communities along Lake Michigan – Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Glencoe, the line continued through Highwood, location of the railroads headquarters and main shops, and continued through Lake Forest, Lake Bluff, North Chicago, and Waukegan. From Waukegan, the line traversed Zion before entering Wisconsin and tapping Kenosha and Racine, the entire main line in Illinois was double track, but pockets of single track remained in Wisconsin. There were some stretches of track where the train would reach a speed of 90 mph, at Lake Bluff, a branch diverged to the west to serve Libertyville and Area, now Mundelein. At North Chicago Junction, a branch led to downtown Waukegan via city streets, the original arrangement at the railroads southern terminus in Evanston was for Chicago-bound passengers to transfer to the Northwestern Elevated there. Following the railroads acquisition by Samuel Insull, limited-stop North Shore Line trains began connecting with special L trains that ran express to the Chicago Loop. In 1919, the North Shore Line obtained trackage rights over the Northwestern Elevated and modified their cars with third rail equipment, during the early 1920s, the railroad instituted a number of named, limited-stop trains, some carrying deluxe dining and parlor/observation cars. One of the railroads most distinctive named trains, inaugurated in 1917, was the Gold Coast Limited, the North Shore also created a network of motor coach lines to feed on potential traffic from territory not directly served by the companys trains. The North Shore therefore sought to build a new line through the Skokie Valley – what was then undeveloped rural land approximately four to five miles west of the lake shore route. The needed real estate purchases and financing were arranged in 1923 and 1924, an arrangement was made with the Chicago Rapid Transit Company, wherein local L service was begun over the new line to the Dempster Street station in Niles Center in 1925. It had been anticipated that the opening of the new L line would launch a real estate boom in the area as it had decades earlier in other parts of the Chicago area
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Symphony Center
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Symphony Center is a music complex located at 220 South Michigan Avenue in the Loop area of Chicago, Illinois. In June 1993, plans to renovate and expand Orchestra Hall were approved. Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center was designated a National Historic Landmark on April 19,1994 and it has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1978. Built in 1904, Orchestra Hall was designed by renowned Chicago architect Daniel Burnham, the new hall was specifically designed as a home for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which had previously performed in the larger Auditorium Theater. Construction began on May 1,1904 and the first concert was held on December 14,1904, the building has Theodore Thomas Orchestra Hall inscribed in its façade, after the orchestras first music director who died less than a month after his conducting debut there. The names Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, and Wagner are inscribed above the windows on the façade. Orchestra Hall was also used as a theater during the 1910s, to maintain income during the summer months. Lectures and other programs were held at Orchestra Hall in the 1920s and 1930s, with speakers including Harry Houdini, Richard E. Byrd, Amelia Earhart, Bertrand Russell, in 2008 the venue hosted the 2008 Green National Convention alongside the Palmer House Hilton. In 2012 the venue hosted the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates alongside the UIC Pavilion and this was held in Chicago simultaneous to the 2012 Chicago Summit. Critical reaction is that the 1995-97 acoustical revamp was largely successful, though with room for further improvement, sounded altogether new, with a depth and spaciousness never before heard here. High frequencies can still sound glassy, and the strings have not yet benefited as much as their brethren. Had already begun to work on the problem after a concert on Tuesday evening. The orchestra now has a bass sound that simply didnt exist before. Bass drums, previously the source of loud, dry thwacks, have a new resonance, and Its fair to say that Orchestra Hall is, overall, vastly improved. The reverberation time, almost nonexistent before, is much lengthened, the strings, particularly in the lower ranges, are far more audible than was once the case, and all of the instruments resound with far more bloom, warmth, and brilliance. The sound is a good deal better in the other traditional trouble spot, in a review of a piano recital, not an orchestral concert, Chicago Tribune music critic John von Rhein wrote. everything registered with the impact of the old hall, only better. There was more warmth, more space, around the keyboard, similar reports came from listeners in the gallery. However, the critic also noted shortly after the renovation As of now
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, based in Chicago, was formed by Theodore Thomas in 1891. The Symphony makes its home at Orchestra Hall in Chicago and plays a season at the Ravinia Festival. The music director is Riccardo Muti, who began his tenure in 2010, the CSO is one of five American orchestras commonly referred to as the Big Five. Since Thomas, the orchestra has had ten music directors, including Rafael Kubelík, Fritz Reiner, Sir Georg Solti, from 2010 to the present, the incumbent conductor is Riccardo Muti. In 1890 Charles Norman Fay, a Chicago businessman, invited Theodore Thomas to establish an orchestra in Chicago, under the name Chicago Orchestra, the orchestra played its first concert October 16,1891 at the Auditorium Theater. It is one of the oldest orchestras in the United States, along with the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Hall, now a component of the Symphony Center complex, was designed by Chicago architect Daniel H. Burnham and completed in 1904. Maestro Thomas served as director for thirteen years until his death shortly after the orchestras newly built residence was dedicated December 14,1904. The orchestra was renamed Theodore Thomas Orchestra in 1905 and today, in 1905, Frederick Stock became music director, a post he held until his death in 1942. The orchestra was renamed the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1913, subsequent music directors have included Désiré Defauw, Artur Rodziński, Rafael Kubelík, Fritz Reiner, Jean Martinon, Georg Solti, and Daniel Barenboim. His contract has been renewed for five years, through the 2020 season. Many of these guests have also recorded with the orchestra, carlos Kleiber made his only symphonic guest appearances in America with the CSO, in October 1978 and June 1983. The three principal guest conductors of the orchestra have been Carlo Maria Giulini, Claudio Abbado, the CSO holds an annual fundraiser, originally known as the Chicago Symphony Marathon, more recently as Radiothon and Symphonython, in conjunction with Chicago radio station WFMT. As part of the event, from 1986 through 2008, the released tracks from their broadcast archives on double LP/CD collections. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra maintains a home at Ravinia in Highland Park. The CSO helped to inaugurate the first season of the Ravinia Festival in August 1936 and has been in residence at the Festival every summer since, as of 2005, James Conlon holds the title of Ravinia music director. The Chicago Symphony has amassed an extensive discography, recordings by the CSO have earned 62 Grammy Awards from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. These include several Classical Album of the Year awards, awards in Best Classical Performance in vocal soloist, choral, instrumental, engineering and orchestral categories. On May 1,1916, Frederick Stock and the orchestra recorded the Wedding March from Felix Mendelssohns music to A Midsummer Nights Dream for what was known as the Columbia Graphophone Company
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Art Institute of Chicago
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The Art Institute of Chicago, founded in 1879 and located in Chicagos Grant Park, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the United States. Recognized for its efforts and popularity among visitors, the museum hosts approximately 1.5 million guests annually. The growth of the collection has warranted several additions to the museums original 1893 building, the Art Institute is connected to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a leading art school, making it one of the few remaining unified arts institutions in the United States. In 1866, a group of 35 artists founded the Chicago Academy of Design in a studio on Dearborn Street, the organization was modeled after European art academies, such as the Royal Academy, with Academicians and Associate Academicians. The Academys charter was granted in March 1867, classes started in 1868, meeting every day at a cost of $10 per month. The Academys success enabled it to build a new home for the school, a stone building on 66 West Adams Street. When the Great Chicago Fire destroyed the building in 1871 the Academy was thrown into debt, attempts to continue despite the loss by using rented facilities failed. By 1878 the Academy was $10,000 in debt, members tried to rescue the ailing institution by making deals with local businessmen, before some finally abandoned it in 1879 to found a new organization, named the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. When the Chicago Academy of Design went bankrupt the same year, in 1882, the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts changed its name to the current Art Institute of Chicago and elected as its first president the banker and philanthropist Charles L. Also in 1882, the purchased a lot on the southwest corner of Michigan Avenue. By January 1885 the trustees recognized the need to provide space for the organizations growing collection. The city agreed, and the building was completed in time for the year of the fair. Construction costs were met by selling the Michigan/Van Buren property, on October 31,1893 the Institute moved into the new building. For the opening reception on December 8,1893, Theodore Thomas, from the 1900s to the 1960s the school offered with the Logan Family the Logan Medal of the Arts, an award which became one of the most distinguished awards presented to artists in the US. Between 1959 and 1970 the Institute was a key site in the battle to gain art and documentary photography a place in galleries, under curator Hugh Edwards and his assistants. As Director of the museum starting in the early 1980s, James N. Wood conducted an expansion of its collection. He retired from the museum in 2004, in 2006, the Art Institute began construction of The Modern Wing, an addition situated on the southwest corner of Columbus and Monroe. The project, designed by Pritzker Prize winning architect Renzo Piano, was completed, the 264, 000-square-foot building makes the Art Institute the second-largest art museum in the United States
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Heritage Documentation Programs
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These programs were established to document historic places in the United States. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports, in 1933, NPS established the Historic American Buildings Survey following a proposal by Charles E. Peterson, a young landscape architect in the agency. It was founded as a constructive program for architects, draftsmen. Guided by field instructions from Washington, D. C. the first HABS recorders were tasked with documenting a representative sampling of Americas architectural heritage, by creating an archive of historic architecture, HABS provided a database of primary source material and documentation for the then-fledgling historic preservation movement. Earlier private projects included the White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs, notable HABS photographers include Jack Boucher, who worked for the project for over 40 years. The Historic American Engineering Record program was founded on January 10,1969, by NPS, HAER documents historic mechanical and engineering artifacts. Since the advent of HAER, the program is typically called HABS/HAER. Today much of the work of HABS/HAER is done by student teams during the summer, eric DeLony headed HAER from 1971 to 2003. In October 2000, NPS and the American Society of Landscape Architects established a sister program, a predecessor, the Historic American Landscape and Garden Project, recorded historic Massachusetts gardens between 1935 and 1940. That project was funded by the Works Progress Administration, but was administered by HABS, the permanent collection of HABS/HAER/HALS are housed at the Library of Congress, which was established in 1790 as the replacement reference library of the United States Congress. It has since expanded to serve as the National Library of the United States, U. S. publishers are required to deposit a copy of every copyrighted and published work, book monograph. As a branch of the United States Government, its works are in the public domain in the US. Many images, drawings, and documents are available through the Prints and Photographs Online Catalog, including proposed, demolished, and existing structures, locales, projects, and designs. Jack Boucher, former HABS/HAER photographer Jet Lowe, former HAER photographer National Register of Historic Places HAER,30 Years of Recording Our Technological Heritage, IA, The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology. Documenting Complexity, The Historic American Engineering Record and Americas Technological History, IA, The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology. National Park Service−NPS, official Heritage Documentation Programs website
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Pulaski station (CTA Orange Line)
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Pulaski is an elevated station on the Chicago Transit Authoritys L system. Pulaski serves the Orange Line, which runs between Midway Airport and The Loop, it is situated between Midway and Kedzie stations, Pulaski is located at Pulaski Road and 51st Street on the Southwest Side of Chicago, Illinois. The station is within the Archer Heights neighborhood, which is residential and commercial, and the station itself is in a commercial district on Pulaski Road. Pulaski opened on October 31,1993, the date of the Orange Line. The Pulaski station was proposed in 1980 and constructed from 1987 to 1993, when the station opened in 1993, it spurred commercial development in the surrounding area and led to a parking controversy on nearby residential streets. Pulaski consists of an island platform above a station house which is set back from Pulaski Road. The station also includes a bus terminal and a park and ride lot, nearly 1.4 million passengers boarded Orange Line trains at Pulaski in 2010. Trains serve Pulaski approximately every ten minutes during rush hour but are less frequent at other times, in addition to offering train service, Pulaski also connects to several CTA bus routes. The Orange Line, including the Pulaski station, was first proposed in 1980 by Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne, construction began on the line in 1987 and was completed in 1993, the total cost of the line was $510 million. The Pulaski station was built over an abandoned Belt Railway of Chicago line which ran from 49th Street to Midway Airport, Pulaski, along with the rest of the Orange Line, opened on October 31,1993. The CTA only charged riders 25 cents during the stations first three days of service, which were considered a test run of the line, the Pulaski station spurred commercial development in the Archer Heights neighborhood. The stations opening continued the trend of development, and Pulaski station was credited with boosting business in Archer Heights, the station also created a parking problem in the neighborhood. The stations parking lot filled up as early as 7 A. M. most workdays, the commuters prompted local residents to ban non-residents from parking on certain streets during daytime hours. The Pulaski station was designed by the City of Chicago, the station house is at ground level and is set back from the street. It has a glass and steel façade, and most features within the house are either made of stainless steel or painted white. The stations island platform is accessible from the house via stairs, escalators. The platform serves the Orange Lines two tracks, the track to the Loop is located to the south, and the track to Midway located to the north, a canopy covers the entire platform. A bus terminal is located to the north of the station, to the west of the bus terminal and north of the railroad tracks is the Pulaski park and ride lot
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Ashland station (CTA Orange Line)
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Ashland is a station on the Chicago Transit Authoritys L system, serving the Orange Line. It is located at the intersection of Ashland Avenue and 31st Street near the Stevenson Expressway, although located within the Lower West Side community area, the station mostly serves the Bridgeport and McKinley Park neighborhoods. It is composed of a platform overlooking the entrance and is equipped with escalators and elevators for ADA accessibility. Unlike other stations on the Orange Line, Ashland does not have a park and ride facility
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Quincy station (CTA)
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Quincy is a rapid transit station on the Chicago Transit Authoritys L system. It is located between the Washington/Wells and LaSalle/Van Buren stations in the Loop, the station is located above the intersection of Quincy Street and Wells Street in Downtown Chicago, Illinois. Having opened in 1897, it is one of the oldest surviving stations on the L system, the station is located in the South Loop Financial District and is the closest CTA rail station to the Willis Tower, approximately one block west. It is also close to Union Station, the terminal for several Metra and Amtrak routes, Quincy is an elevated station, located above Quincy Street between Adams Street and Jackson Boulevard. It features two platforms and station houses, one on the west to serve the Outer Loop track. Turnstiles for fare payment are located in the houses on the platform level. The station once had a bridge, but this was removed in the 1980s. This means it is not possible to change from one platform to the other without paying another fare or asking for employee assistance, there are auxiliary exits to both Adams and Jackson on the Inner Loop platform, while the Outer Loop only has an auxiliary exit to Adams. Both platforms are designed to handle eight-car trains, the longest the CTA L system can run, prior to September 1953, the station also featured a walkway to the Wells Street Terminal for convenient transfers to interurban trains of the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad. From 1985 to 1988, Quincy was restored to a much as it would have looked when it opened. Some materials, such as signage, were changed several of the stations features are original to its 1897 opening. Project Began on march 16,2017, a renovation project will begin at the station in 2016 and will continue through the end of 2017. The renovation will add two new elevators to the station to make it accessible for people with disabilities, and other improvements include new stairs, the station will remain open during the project. In normal operation, the station is serviced by the Brown, Orange, during weekday rush hours, the Purple Line also stops here. Brown Line trains stop at the Outer Loop platform, while all other lines stop at the Inner Loop platform, iL-1-A, Union Elevated Railroad, Quincy Street Station Quincy/Wells Station Page at Chicago-L
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Washington/Wells station
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Washington/Wells is a station on the Chicago Transit Authoritys L system, located in downtown Chicago, Illinois on the Chicago Loop elevated at 100 North Wells Street. The station opened on July 17,1995, Washington/Wells is located a few blocks from several major attractions and business centers, such as Chicago City Hall, the Civic Opera House, and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The station is three blocks east of Ogilvie Transportation Center, terminal for the Union Pacific North, Northwest. The station is located between Washington and Madison on Wells Street in downtown Chicago, the Washington/Wells station replaced two former Loop stations, Randolph/Wells and Madison/Wells. The CTA is now intent on doing the same on the side of the loop on Wabash Avenue. The station is located between Washington and Madison Streets and is constructed of steel and concrete, with wooden platforms, a large mezzanine is accessible by stairs just south of Washington on either side of Wells, and the station is also accessible via elevators. Just past several turnstiles are stairwells leading to the platform level, both platforms are also serviced by elevators. It is possible to go from one platform to the other without leaving the paid area, the platforms are from Washington to Madison, the platforms continues over Madison. There are auxiliary exits on both ends of platforms to the east sides of Washington and Madison. Both platforms can handle eight-car trains, the longest on the CTA system, Washington/Wells serves the Brown Line, and the Orange Line, Purple Line Express, and Pink Line
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Clark/Lake station
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Clark/Lake is a Chicago L station located at 100/124 West Lake Street in Chicagos Loop district, and is accessed from the James R. Thompson Center and 203 North LaSalle building. It is one of the most complex stations on the L system, comprising an elevated station, the elevated station is serviced by the Brown, Green, Orange, Pink, and Purple Lines, while the subway platform is serviced by the Blue Line. In December 2014 it had an average of 17,644 weekday passenger entrances, the Richard J. Daley Center, Chicago City Hall, and Chicago Title and Trust Center are also served by the station. It is the busiest station on the Loop Elevated, and the second busiest station on the L system as of December 2014, clark/Lake is a super station consisting of two stations that have been merged into one. The original elevated station opened on September 22,1895 as one of three stations on the Lake Street Elevated Railroads Wabash extension and this extension became the Lake Street leg of the Union Loop when it was completed in 1897. The subway station opened as Lake Transfer on February 25,1951, from 1988 to 1992, the elevated station was reconstructed, with its main entrance in the James R. Thompson Center. This allows transfers between the station and the subway station without leaving the paid area, and so the stations were combined into a single station. Due to this, it is the one station that serves six of the eight lines, the Blue Line serve the subway station while the Green, Orange, Brown, Pink and Purple Lines serve the elevated station
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State/Lake station
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State/Lake is an L station serving the CTAs Brown, Green, Orange, Pink, and Purple Lines. It is a station with two side platforms, located in the Chicago Loop at 200 North State Street. The CTA offers farecard transfers between this station and the Lake subway station on the Red Line, State/Lake station opened on September 22,1895, as part on the Lake Street Elevated Railroads extension into the Chicago Loop that later became the north side of the Union Loop. State/Lake is the last station on this section of the Loop to retain many of its original features, one of a series of videos shot on iPhone 6 to feature in a 2015 Apple advertising campaign features the short journey between Randolph/Wabash and State/Lake shot in time lapse. CTA2 Hyde Park Express 6 Jackson Park Express 10 Museum of Science, iL-1-H, Union Elevated Railroad, State-Lake Station State Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
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Austin station (CTA Green Line)
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Austin is a station on the Chicago Transit Authoritys L system. It is located between the Ridgeland and Central stations on the Green Line, which runs from Harlem/Lake and to Ashland/63rd, the station is located at the intersection of Austin Boulevard and Corcoran Place in the Austin neighborhood on Chicagos West Side and borders the village of Oak Park. Austin opened on April 15,1899, as part of a level extension of the Lake Street Elevated Railroad. The station at Austin consists of an island platform, a stairway. Trains serve Austin from 3,50 a. m. to 1,00 a. m. on weekdays, from 4,55 a. m. to 1,00 a. m. on Saturdays, from 4,55 a. m. to 1,00 a. m. on Sundays. In addition to trains, Austin also serves CTA and Pace buses, the first Austin station opened in 1899, as part of a grade-level extension of the Lake Street Elevated Railroad west from terminal at 52nd Avenue through Austin and Oak Park. It temporarily served as the terminal for the Lake Street Elevated until the line was extended further west later that year, as part of the reconstruction, an auxiliary entrance was constructed at Mason Avenue, a block east of the main entrance. On February 18,1973, the Mason entrance was reduced to functioning only as an auxiliary exit due to budget cuts and it was later closed entirely in 1994. The station consists of an island platform on a grade-separated embankment. The platform is located on the side of the right of way of Metras Union Pacific/West Line to the east of Austin Boulevard. It serves the Green Lines two tracks, the track serves trains to Harlem/Lake, while the southern track serves trains to Ashland/63rd. Fare controls and a customer assistant booth are in the station house, access to the platform is provided by a stairwell and an escalator. The stations lack of an elevator or a means that it is not handicapped accessible. Austin is part of the Chicago Transit Authoritys Green Line, which runs from Harlem/Lake to downtown Chicago and south to Ashland/63rd and it is the fourth inbound station from Harlem/Lake on the Green Line and is located between the Ridgeland and Central stations. Green Line trains serve Austin from 3,50 a. m. to 1,00 a. m. on weekdays, from 4,55 a. m. to 1,00 a. m. on Saturdays, from 4,55 a. m. to 1,00 a. m. on Sundays. The station is approximately 4 minutes from Harlem/Lake,17 minutes from Clark/Lake in the Loop,51 minutes from Ashland/63rd,629,581 passengers boarded at Austin in 2011. In addition to L trains, the station provides service to bus routes. Two CTA bus routes stop at Austin, the N20 Madison and 91 Austin and these routes provide service to Madison Street, Illinois Center, Austin Avenue, the Austin Blue Line station, Lawrence Avenue, and the Jefferson Park Transit Center
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Central station (CTA Green Line)
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Central is a station on the Chicago Transit Authoritys L system and is located at 350 North Central Avenue in the Austin neighborhood on Chicagos West side. The original Central station was built as part of an extension of the Lake Street Elevated Railroad that opened on April 15,1899. The structure, consisting of an island platform, was originally at grade. The Parkside Avenue auxiliary entrance closed on January 15,1973, during the 1994–1996 Green Line rehabilitation, Central was repainted and an elevator was added for accessibility. Despite the identical name, it is distant from Central station on the Purple Line. The station address is 350 North Central Avenue and it is situated between the Laramie and Austin stations on the Green Line, which runs from Harlem/Lake and to Ashland/63rd and Cottage Grove. The station is located at the intersection of Central Avenue and Corcoran Place in the Austin neighborhood on Chicagos West Side, CTA85 Central Central Station Page Parkside Avenue closed entrance from Google Maps Street View Central Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
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Cicero station (CTA Green Line)
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Cicero is a station on the Chicago Transit Authoritys L system, serving the Green Line. It opened on March 3,1894, and serves the Austin neighborhood on Chicagos West side, until 1948, the next station towards the Chicago Loop was Kostner. The station is 24 blocks east and 2 blocks north of Harlem, CTA54 Cicero Cicero Station Page Cicero Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View Kilpatrick Avenue closed entrance from Google Maps Street View
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Pulaski station (CTA Green Line)
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Pulaski is an elevated, side platformed rapid transit station on the Chicago Transit Authoritys L system, serving the Green Line. Pulaski is located at the intersection of Lake Street and Pulaski Road in the West Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago, the station opened in March 1894. Pulaski was constructed in 1892-94 and opened in March 1894 as part of the Lake Street Elevated Railroad, the station was constructed in the Queen Anne architectural style, as were the other Lake Street stations. In 1956, Pulaskis platforms were lengthened by 200 feet from the east end, the Harding Avenue entrance to the eastbound platform became exit-only in 1960, but the westbound entrance remained open. Pulaski was rebuilt in 1973, and the station houses were demolished at this time. On December 18,1993, the westbound Harding Avenue exit was closed, in 1994 Pulaski closed along with the rest of the Green Line so it could be rebuilt. A wooden railing was erected on the old platforms to keep away from the tracks. The old platforms and fare controls were removed in 2011, trains to Harlem/Lake arrive approximately every ten minutes, trains toward Ashland/63rd and Cottage Grove arrive every ten minutes as well, and alternating trains go to each terminus. Pulaski has separate station houses and fare controls for the inbound and outbound platforms, farecard vending machines are present at both entrances. A customer assistant booth is located at the entrance, passengers at the outbound entrance must press a call button if they need assistance. The stations elevated platforms are accessible via stairs and elevators, both platforms are wheelchair accessible, an overhead footbridge connects the two platforms, but it may only be used by CTA employees. Pulaski is connected to the Bethel New Life community center next to the station via a bridge from the station house. CTA53 Pulaski Pulaski Station Page Karlov Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View Pulaski Road entrance from Google Maps Street View
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California station (CTA Green Line)
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California is a station on the Chicago Transit Authoritys L system, serving the Green Lines Lake Branch. It opened on November 6,1893, California closed on February 9,1992, as part of a series of budget cuts, but later reopened with the completion of the Green Line rehabilitation. The station is situated at the intersection of California Avenue and Lake Street in the East Garfield Park neighborhood and it is also close to the Chicago Center for Green Technology. CTA94 South California California Station Page Mozart Street closed entrance from Google Maps Street View California Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
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Ashland station (CTA Green and Pink Lines)
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Ashland is an L station on the CTAs Green and Pink Lines. It is a station with two side platforms, located in Chicagos Near West Side neighborhood at 1601 West Lake Street. Just to the west of the station the Pink Line branches off from the Lake Street branch to follow the Paulina Connector to the Cermak branch. The adjacent stations are California, which is located about 1 1⁄2 miles to the west, Polk, which is located about 1 mile to the south, and Morgan station, approximately 3⁄4 mile to the east. Ashland Station opened on November 6,1893 as part of the Lake Street Elevated Railroads initial route, and it is one of the oldest standing stations on the L. The station closed on April 4,1948, along with nine stations on the Lake Street branch, but later reopened on February 25,1951. During the two-year closure of the Green Line from 1994–1996, the station was restored, ashland is the closest L station to the United Center home of the Chicago Bulls NBA team and the Chicago Blackhawks NHL team. It is also adjacent to Union Park, venue for the Intonation Music Festival
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Morgan station
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Morgan/Lake is a station on the Chicago Transit Authoritys Green and Pink Lines in the Near West Side neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The new station opened on May 18,2012, the first Morgan station was one of the 29 stations along the Lake Street Elevated Railroad when the line opened in 1893. Service to Morgan operated continuously until April 4,1948, when the newly created CTA closed the station, due to low ridership, soon afterward, the station was demolished. The neighborhood continued to receive elevated service at the Halsted Street station, Halsted continued to serve the neighborhood until January 9,1994, when the CTA closed the Green Line for an rehabilitation and renovation project. This project included the closure of six stations, and among them was the Halsted station, with the closure of Halsted, no Green Line stations remained in the West Loop or Fulton Market areas, leaving a gap of 1.3 miles between stations at Ashland and Clinton. The closure of Halsted was unpopular, and since that date, community residents, businesses, and local organizations have argued that this area needs a new infill station to restore rail service. Morgan was a location for a new station, as it is located halfway between Ashland and Clinton, and the intersection of Morgan/Lake is close to much of the new development in the area. It also sits near many art galleries that have opened recently, as well as Oprah Winfreys Harpo Studios, in the early 2000s, the CTA began to work with local groups and city officials to plan and identify funding sources for the new station. Initially, the neighborhood planned to cover the entire cost with funding from a tax increment financing district. The final cost of building the station was $38 million, tranSystems led the design team, in conjunction with Ross Barney Architects. Like most currently active Green Line and Pink Line stations, Morgan is ADA-accessible, the station will also have bike storage. The new Morgan station officially opened on May 18,2012, and grand opening ceremonies were held on May 24
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