Kimball station

Kimball
 
4800N
3400W
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
General information
Location4755 North Kimball Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60625
Coordinates41°58′03″N 87°42′47″W / 41.967628°N 87.712934°W / 41.967628; -87.712934
Owned byChicago Transit Authority
Line(s)Ravenswood Branch
Platforms1 Island platform
1 Side platform
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Platform levels1
Parking 73 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedDecember 14, 1907; 116 years ago (1907-12-14)
Rebuilt1974; 50 years ago (1974),
2006–2007; 17 years ago (2007) (renovated)
Passengers
2020495,434[1]Decrease 58.9%
Rank46 out of 143
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Terminus Brown Line Kedzie
Location
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Kimball is an 'L' station and the terminus of the CTA's Brown Line. It is located in Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood. From Kimball, trains run south and then east to Kedzie, which is about 0.33 miles (0.53 km) away. During regular hours trains are scheduled to depart from Kimball every 7–10 minutes, and take about 33 minutes to reach the Loop.

The station and nearby Kimball Avenue are both named after Martin Kimbell, a 19th century farmer who owned land in the area that is today known as Logan Square.[2]

There is an inside joke in the 1993 film The Fugitive when the main character Dr. Kimble boards a Kimball-Belmont 'L' train.

  1. ^ "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2020" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 19, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  2. ^ "Logan Square". www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org. The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago. Retrieved 23 October 2022.