Berwyn station (CTA)

Berwyn
 
5300N
1200W
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
The original Berwyn station before demolition.
General information
Location1121 West Berwyn Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60640
Coordinates41°58′40″N 87°39′31″W / 41.977833°N 87.658683°W / 41.977833; -87.658683
Owned byChicago Transit Authority
Line(s)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
     Purple Line does not stop here
Location
Map

Berwyn is a temporarily closed 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line. It is located at 1121 West Berwyn Avenue in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.[2] The adjacent stations are Bryn Mawr, located about 38 mile (0.60 km) to the north, and Argyle, about 13 mile (0.54 km) to the south, both still in service and serving as alternate stations. Four tracks pass through the station, but there is only single island platform in the center of the tracks. The two western tracks are temporarily out of service for construction and trains on both the Red and Purple Lines pass Berwyn on the eastern tracks without stopping. When the station reopens, it will consist of an island platform with Red Line trains stopping on the inner tracks and Purple Line Express trains bypassing the station on the outer tracks. Berwyn is named for the Berwyn station in the 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]

  1. ^ "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2020" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 19, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  2. ^ Garfield, Graham. "Berwyn". Chicago "L".org. Retrieved December 12, 2007.
  3. ^ History of Edgewater street names