Thorndale (CTA)

Thorndale is an 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line. It is an elevated station located at 1118 West Thorndale Avenue (directional coordinates 5900 north, 1200 west) in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The adjacent stations are Granville, located about ¼ mile to the north, and Bryn mawr, about ½ mile to the south. Four tracks pass through the station, but there is only a single island platform in the center of the tracks; Purple Line weekday peak time express services use the outside tracks but do not stop at this station.

History

A temporary station opened at Thorndale in 1915. This was replaced with a permanent station built to a design by architect Charles P. Rawson in 1921 as part of a project by the Northwestern Elevated Railroad Company to raise the tracks between Wilson and Howard onto an embankment. [cite web |url=http://www.chicago-l.org/stations/thorndale.html |title= Thorndale |accessdate=2008-08-22 |last=Garfield |first=Graham |work=Chicago "L".org ]

Bus connections

* #36 Broadway

References

External links

* [http://www.transitchicago.com/maps/rail/red/thorndale.pdf Train schedule (PDF)] at [http://www.transitchicago.com/ CTA official site]