Berwyn station (CTA)

Berwyn is an '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 3⁄8 mile (0.60 km) to the north, and Argyle, about 1⁄3 mile (0.54 km) to the south. Four tracks pass through the station, but there is only single island platform in the center of the tracks; Purple Line weekday rush hour express service uses the outside tracks but does not stop at this station. 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 PRR Main Line.[3]

Berwyn
 
5300N
1200W
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
Location1121 West Berwyn Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60640
Coordinates41.977833°N 87.658683°W / 41.977833; -87.658683
Owned byChicago Transit Authority
Line(s)North Side Main Line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeEmbankment
Bicycle facilitiesYes
History
Opened1916
Rebuilt1921, 2012
Previous namesEdgewater Beach
Traffic
Passengers (2019)1,013,553[1]  4.7%
Rank64 out of 143
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Bryn Mawr
toward Howard
 Red Line Argyle
toward 95th/Dan Ryan
Track layout
Purple Line Express
north to Linden
Red Line
north to Howard
Berwyn Ave.
Purple Line Express
south to Loop
Red Line
south to 95th/Dan Ryan

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.[2] 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 will close for reconstruction beginning in late 2020 and will reopen by the end of 2024.[6][7]

Bus connections

CTA

  • 92 Foster[8]
  • 146 Inner Drive/Michigan Express[9]

Notes and references

Notes

    References
    1. "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2019" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 13, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
    2. Garfield, Graham. "Berwyn". Chicago "L".org. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
    3. History of Edgewater street names
    4. See: Garfield, Graham. "Route Maps". Chicago "L".org. Retrieved 2007-12-12.—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. "Lake Shore Drive". Encyclopedia of Chicago. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
    6. http://loyolaphoenix.com/2019/10/despite-short-term-inconveniences-cta-project-expected-to-increase-accessibility/
    7. https://transitchicago.com/rpm/lawrmawr/
    8. "92 Foster: Route Information". Chicago Transit Authority. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
    9. "146 Inner Drive/Michigan Express". Chicago Transit Authority. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
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