Berwyn station (CTA)

Coordinates: 41°58′40″N 87°39′31″W / 41.977833°N 87.658683°W / 41.977833; -87.658683
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Berwyn
 
5300N
1200W
North Side Main Line
Platforms1 island platform (temporarily out of service)
Tracks4 (two temporarily out of service)
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleStarting 2025
Other information
StatusTemporarily closed
History
Opened1916; 108 years ago (1916)
Rebuilt1921, 2012, 2021–25
Previous namesEdgewater Beach
Passengers
2020406,530[1] Decrease 59.9%
Rank57 out of 143
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Bryn Mawr
toward Howard
 Red Line Argyle
toward 95th/Dan Ryan
     Purple Line does not stop here
Location
Map

Berwyn is a temporarily closed

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 Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line.[3]

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 closed for demolition beginning on May 16, 2021 and a newly constructed station will reopen in 2025. The new station will feature wider platforms, better lighting, and be accessible to passengers with disabilities.[6][7][8][9]

Bus connections

CTA

  • 92 Foster [10]
  • 146 Inner Lake Shore/Michigan Express[11]

Notes and references

Notes

The station is closed for reconstruction and is scheduled to reopen in 2025.

References

  1. ^ "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2020" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 19, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Garfield, Graham. "Berwyn". Chicago "L".org. Retrieved December 12, 2007.
  3. ^ History of Edgewater street names
  4. ^ See: Garfield, Graham. "Route Maps". Chicago "L".org. Retrieved December 12, 2007.—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 December 12, 2007.
  6. ^ Ward, Joe (April 20, 2021). "Major Red Line Reconstruction Begins Soon, Starting With Demolition Of 100-Year-Old Stations, Tracks". Block Club Chicago. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  7. ^ Hernandez, Cindy (January 28, 2021). "CTA unveils new Red Line station designs". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  8. ^ Long, Zach. "Four CTA Red Line stations are getting a makeover". Time Out Chicago. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  9. ^ "CTA Red & Purple Modernization: Lawrence to Bryn Mawr Modernization Project". CTA. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  10. ^ "92 Foster (Bus Route Info)".
  11. ^ "146 Inner Drive/Michigan Express". Chicago Transit Authority. Retrieved July 29, 2010.

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