Francisco station

Francisco
 
2900W
4700N
Location 4649 North Francisco Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60625
Coordinates 41°57′58″N 87°42′08″W / 41.966155°N 87.702099°W / 41.966155; -87.702099
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)
  Brown Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type At-grade
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened December 14, 1907
Rebuilt 2006–07
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 507,580[1] Increase 1.1%
Rank 106 out of 143
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station
Ravenswood Branch
toward Kimball
Brown Line
Brown Line
Shuttle
toward Belmont
Brown Line
Rush period special
(6-7 a.m.)
One-way operation
One-way operation
Brown Line
Rush period special
(7-9 a.m.)
toward Midway
Route map
Brown Line
west to Kimball
Sacramento Ave.
Manor Ave.
Francisco Ave.
Brown Line
east to Loop

Francisco is an 'L' station on the CTA's Brown Line. It is an at-grade station with a single island platform, located in Chicago's Ravenswood Manor neighborhood at 4649 North Francisco Avenue. The adjacent stations are Kedzie, which is about one third of a mile (0.536 km) to the west, and Rockwell, located across the Chicago River about three eighths of a mile (0.6 km) to the east.

History

Francisco Station opened on December 14, 1907, as part of Northwestern Elevated Railroad's Ravenswood line.[2] It had survived relatively intact until September 2006, when the station was closed for renovation.

Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project

The Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project aims to allow eight car trains on the Brown Line by the extension of the platforms at all stations. At the same time all Brown Line stations are being upgraded to meet ADA requirements. Because of the historic nature of the station structures, Francisco Station was not completely rebuilt, as with the neighboring Kedzie and Rockwell stations. However, the platforms were rebuilt, an auxiliary entrance added on Sacramento Avenue, and the station house and canopy were renovated and upgraded.[2] The station was closed from September 15, 2006, to March 9, 2007, to allow this work to be completed.[3]

Notes and references

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2017" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 31, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
    2. 1 2 Francisco. Chicago-'L'.org (URL accessed September 2, 2006).
    3. ↑ Francisco. CTA Countdown To A New Brown website (URL accessed September 2, 2006).
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