Western
Station statistics
Address	4648 North Western Avenue Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates	(4700 N/2400 W)
Lines	Brown Line
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 Side platforms
Tracks	2
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Other information
Opened	May 18, 1907
Rebuilt	1920s, 1981
Accessible
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Traffic
Passengers (2008)	1,177,624[1] ▲ 13.3%

Western is an 'L' station on the CTA's Brown Line. It is an elevated station with two side platforms, located in the Lincoln Square neighborhood. The adjacent stations are Rockwell, which is located about one quarter mile (0.4 km) to the west, and Damen, about one half mile (0.8 km) to the east. Between Western and Rockwell the line descends and runs on surface level tracks for the rest of the route to Kimball.

[edit] History

The station was put into service in 1907 as part of Northwestern Elevated Railroad's Ravenswood line, and has been rebuilt twice since—in the 1920s, and again in 1981.^[2] The current station consists of two side platforms, and a central storage line, its platforms were extended in 2006/7 to enable the station to accommodate eight railcars.

[edit] Bus connections

CTA

• #11 Lincoln/Sedgwick
• #49 Western (Owl Service)
• #X49 Western Express
• #49B North Western
• #81 Lawrence (Owl Service)

[edit] The Berlin Wall

A portion of the Berlin Wall inside the Western Ave. CTA Station

A portion of the Berlin Wall is inside the Western Avenue CTA station in Chicago. The Lincoln-Square Neighborhood has been historically German.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Train schedule (PDF) at CTA official site
• Western (Ravenswood Line) Station Page on chicago-l.org

Coordinates: 41°57′59″N 87°41′18″W / 41.966259°N 87.688448°W / 41.966259; -87.688448