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Rockwell station (CTA)

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Platforms
  
1 island platform

Disabled access
  
Yes

Opened
  
14 December 1907

Rebuilt
  
2006

Structure type
  
At-grade

Passengers (2015)
  
564,549  1.9%

Owner
  
Chicago Transit Authority

Tracks
  
2

Rockwell station (CTA)

Location
  
4648 North Rockwell Street Chicago, Illinois 60625

Owned by
  
Chicago Transit Authority

Address
  
N Rockwell St, Chicago, IL 60625, USA

Similar
  
Francisco (CTA Brown), Western (CTA Brown), Kedzie (CTA Brown), Kimball‑Brown Line, Montrose (CTA Brown)

Rockwell is an 'L' station on the CTA's Brown Line. It is a surface level station with a single island platform, located in Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood. The adjacent stations are Francisco, which is located across the Chicago River about three eighths of a mile (0.6 km) to the west, and Western, located about a one quarter mile (0.4 km) to the east. Rockwell is the last station on the surface section of the Brown Line; between Rockwell and Western the line ascends and runs on elevated tracks for the rest of the route.

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Location

Rockwell is a surface level station with a single entrance/exit situated at 4648 North Rockwell Street between Leland Avenue and Eastwood Avenue in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Chicago. The area surrounding the station consists of mostly residential single family homes or two-flats, with a small neighborhood shopping district flanking the station entrance on Rockwell Street.

History

Rockwell opened December 14, 1907 as part of Northwestern Elevated Railroad's Ravenswood branch. The design of the original station house and platform canopy were similar to those that still exist at the neighboring Francisco Station. As part of the CTA's Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project the station was closed on February 20, 2006, demolished and rebuilt. The new, ADA compliant, Rockwell station opened on August 16, 2006.

References

Rockwell station (CTA) Wikipedia