Western (CTA Brown Line)

Western (CTA Brown Line)

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 a quarter mile to the west, and Damen, about ½ mile to the east. Between Western and Rockwell the line descends and runs on surface level tracks for the rest of the route to Kimball.

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" [http://www.chicago-l.org/stations/western-ravens.html Western.] " Chicago "L".org (URL accessed September 17 2006)] . 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.


=CTA Bus Connections=

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

The Berlin Wall

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

References

External links

* [http://www.transitchicago.com/maps/rail/brown/Western.pdf Train schedule (PDF)] at [http://www.transitchicago.com/ CTA official site]
* [http://www.chicago-l.org/stations/western-ravens.html Western (Ravenswood Line) Station Page]


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