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California station (CTA Blue Line)

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Structure type
  
Elevated

Passengers (2015)
  
1,604,799  22.5% (CTA)

Opened
  
25 May 1895

Rebuilt
  
2014

Tracks
  
2

Bicycle facilities
  
Yes

Rank
  
44 out of 143

Platforms in use
  
2

California station (CTA Blue Line)

Location
  
2211 North California AvenueChicago, Illinois 60647

Address
  
2211 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60647, USA

Similar
  
Western, Damen‑Blue Line, Logan Square, O'Hare, Chicago‑Blue Line

California is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Blue Line, on North California Avenue near West Fullerton Avenue in the Logan Square neighborhood. From California, trains run every 2–7 minutes during rush-hour periods, and take 12 minutes to reach the Loop. It is not to be confused with the California Station on the Blue Line's Congress Branch, which permanently shuttered its doors in 1973.

Contents

Along with Damen and Western, this station opens at a side platform, unlike all other Blue Line stations.

History

California station opened on May 25, 1895 as part of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated's Logan Square branch. In the summer of 2008, a temporary entrance immediately to the north of the station house was utilized for two weeks in order to renovate the station house. After stripping the interior, and removing the joist-supported wooden floor, the former crawl space was filled with gravel and covered by a concrete slab, the surface of which was patterned to imitate cobblestone. The repositioned agent box and farecard vending machines substantially increased the pedestrian traffic efficiency through the station house.

The station was closed during September and October 2014 for major repairs, but the renovation plans did not include retrofitting the stop so that the elevated platform would be accessible to disabled passengers. The re-opening ceremony on October 16 was attended by dignitaries including Rahm Emanuel and Dick Durbin.

Bus connections

CTA

  • 52 Kedzie/California
  • 56 Milwaukee
  • References

    California station (CTA Blue Line) Wikipedia


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