Roosevelt/Wabash
Station statistics
Address	22 E. Roosevelt Road Chicago Illinois 60605
Coordinates	(1200 S/50 E)
Lines	Orange Line      Green Line
Connections	Red Line
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Other information
Opened	June 6, 1892
Closed	1949
Rebuilt	1993 (New Station Reopening)
Accessible
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Formerly	12th Street
Traffic
Passengers (2008)	2,253,790 ▲ 13.4%

Roosevelt/Wabash (more commonly known as Roosevelt) is an 'L' station on the CTA's Green and Orange Lines. It is an elevated station with a single island platform, located at 22 East Roosevelt Road in the Near South Side community area of Chicago, just east of State Street.

Free transfers to the Red Line subway station of Roosevelt/State are available at this station, and the Museum Campus/11th Street Metra station is about ⅓ miles to the east. The station is also the closest 'L' station to the Museum Campus of Chicago and Soldier Field, which are about ½ mile to the east.

[edit] History

The original station on this site opened on June 6, 1892.^[1] In addition to serving 'L' trains, the Roosevelt station also served trains of the North Shore Line. 'L' trains stopped using the station in 1949 when CTA routed all trains from Englewood and Jackson Park through the State Street Subway, forming the North-South Route (a precursor of today's Red Line) but it continued to serve as the southern terminal for the North Shore Line until 1963, when the railroad ceased operations. The station then closed and was demolished. Tracks still passed the spot, and trains resumed passing in 1969 when these began to route Dan Ryan trains into the Loop "L". The current station opened in 1993 as part of the new CTA Orange Line.

Due to the station's location as the first stop south of the Loop on the Orange and Green Lines, Orange Line trains tend to arrive more frequently than Green Line trains since the Orange Line circles the Loop and returns.

[edit] Bus and rail connections

CTA Buses

• #12 Roosevelt
• #18 16th/18th
• #29 State
• #62 Archer (Owl Service)
• #129 West Loop-South Loop
• #146 Inner Drive/Michigan Express
• #192 University of Chicago Hospitals Express

CTA Red Line

• Roosevelt/State

Metra Electric and South Shore Lines

• Museum Campus/11th Street

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• CTA - Train schedules: OrangePDF GreenPDF

• Ridership figures, 2008PDF (172 KiB)

• Roosevelt/Wabash (CTA) is at coordinates 41°52′03″N 87°37′37″W / 41.86745°N 87.62688°W / 41.86745; -87.62688 (Roosevelt/Wabash (CTA))Coordinates: 41°52′03″N 87°37′37″W / 41.86745°N 87.62688°W / 41.86745; -87.62688 (Roosevelt/Wabash (CTA))