Berwyn station (CTA) explained

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Berwyn
Line1:Red
Grid:5300N 1200W
Size:.9
Type:Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
Style:CTA
Address:1121 West Berwyn Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60640
Coordinates:41.9778°N -87.6587°W
Line:North Side Main Line
Structure:Elevated
Platform:1 island platform (temporarily out of service)
Tracks:4 (two temporarily out of service)
Bicycle:Yes
Rebuilt:1921, 2012, 2021 - 25
Accessible:Starting 2025
Owned:Chicago Transit Authority
Status:Temporarily closed
Former:Edgewater Beach
Pass Year:2020
Passengers:406,530[1]
Pass Percent:-59.9
Pass Rank:57 out of 143
Mapframe:yes
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Marker:rail-metro
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Zoom:15
Map State:collapsed

Berwyn is a temporarily closed 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line. It is located at 1121 West Berwyn Avenue in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.[2] The adjacent stations are Bryn Mawr, located about NaNmiles to the north, and Argyle, about NaNmiles to the south, both still in service and serving as alternate stations. Four tracks pass through the station, but there is only single island platform in the center of the tracks. The two western tracks are temporarily out of service for construction and trains on both the Red and Purple Lines pass Berwyn on the eastern tracks without stopping. When the station reopens, it will consist of an island platform with Red Line trains stopping on the inner tracks and Purple Line Express trains bypassing the station on the outer tracks. Berwyn is named for the Berwyn station in the community of the same name, which is west of Philadelphia. Many of the roads (and thus CTA stations) in the Edgewater neighborhood are named after stations on the former Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line.[3]

History

The Northwestern Elevated Railroad extended its services north from Wilson to Central Street in Evanston in 1908, but they did not build a station at Berwyn Avenue until the tracks between Wilson and Howard were elevated onto an embankment between 1914 and 1922. This new station was built to a design by architect Charles P. Rawson; the date of opening is not known, but a station may have existed at Berwyn by 1916. At the time of its opening the station was named Edgewater Beach Station; the name was changed to Berwyn in the late 1950s,[4] around about the time that Lake Shore Drive was extended from Foster Avenue to Hollywood Avenue destroying the namesake Edgewater beach.[5]

Red & Purple Modernization Project

As part of Phase I of the Red & Purple Modernization Project, the station closed for demolition beginning on May 16, 2021 and a newly constructed station will reopen in December 2025. The new station will feature wider platforms, better lighting, and be accessible to passengers with disabilities.[6] [7] [8] [9]

Bus connections

CTA

Notes and references

Notes

The station is closed for reconstruction and is scheduled to reopen in December 2025.

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Annual Ridership Report  - Calendar Year 2020 . Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 19, 2021. May 31, 2021 .
  2. Web site: Garfield . Graham . Berwyn . 2007-12-12 . Chicago "L".org .
  3. http://www.edgewaterhistory.org/ehs/tours/050918 History of Edgewater street names
  4. See: Web site: Garfield . Graham . Route Maps . 2007-12-12 . Chicago "L".org . —the 1944 Rand McNally Street Guide refers to the station as Edgewater Beach, CTA system maps from the 1950s refer to the station as Edgewater Beach-Berwyn, by 1965 the CTA system maps just used Berwyn.
  5. Encyclopedia: Lake Shore Drive . 2007-12-12 . Encyclopedia of Chicago .
  6. News: Major Red Line Reconstruction Begins Soon, Starting With Demolition Of 100-Year-Old Stations, Tracks. Block Club Chicago. Ward, Joe. 20 April 2021. 20 April 2021.
  7. Web site: Hernandez. Cindy. 2021-01-28. CTA unveils new Red Line station designs. 2021-11-02. Chicago Sun-Times. en.
  8. Web site: Long. Zach. Four CTA Red Line stations are getting a makeover. 2021-11-02. Time Out Chicago. en-US.
  9. Web site: CTA Red & Purple Modernization: Lawrence to Bryn Mawr Modernization Project. 2021-11-02. CTA. en.
  10. Web site: 92 Foster (Bus Route Info).
  11. Web site: 146 Inner Drive/Michigan Express. Chicago Transit Authority. July 29, 2010.