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| Address: | 220 West Garfield Boulevard Chicago, Illinois 60609 | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 41.7954°N -87.6312°W | ||||||||
| Type: | Chicago 'L' rapid transit station | ||||||||
| Garfield | |||||||||
| Style: | CTA | ||||||||
| Line: | Dan Ryan Branch | ||||||||
| Other: | CTA bus | ||||||||
| Platform: | 1 Island platform | ||||||||
| Structure: | Expressway median | ||||||||
| Tracks: | 2 | ||||||||
| Parking: | No | ||||||||
| Bicycle: | No | ||||||||
| Opened: | September 28, 1969 | ||||||||
| Rebuilt: | 2005 - 06 (renovation) 2013 (refurbished, new elevator installed) | ||||||||
| Accessible: | yes | ||||||||
| Owned: | Chicago Transit Authority | ||||||||
| Pass Year: | 2022 | ||||||||
| Passengers: | 452,276[1] | ||||||||
| Pass Percent: | 16.6 | ||||||||
| Mapframe: | yes | ||||||||
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Garfield is an "L" station on the CTA's Red Line. The station is located in the median of the Dan Ryan Expressway. It is located in the Fuller Park neighborhood. This is the Red Line's closest stop to the University of Chicago and the Museum of Science and Industry, although the museum is more than two miles away. The station shares its name with its Green Line equivalent.
Like the eight other stations on the Dan Ryan Branch, Garfield Station was built by architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill under a simple design. The station opened on September 28, 1969, and was entirely renovated from 2005 to 2006. The renovation has allowed the embellishment of the station, thanks to the installation of a work of art in the main entrance of the station. The only difference with respect to its colleagues of Dan Ryan Branch, is that for technical reasons a canopy identical to the others could not be added. Garfield station thus contains its original canopy and the covered zones over the Dan Ryan Expressway thanks to the stowing of panels, installed in a different way with the bridge.[2]
In 2013, the station was renovated with a new elevator installed (along with 87th and 63rd) as part of the Red Line South Reconstruction project and made all the stations on the Dan Ryan branch accessible.[3]