Roosevelt station (CTA Douglas branch)

ROOSEVELT
 
1200S
1700W
Former Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
General information
Location1710 West Roosevelt Road
Chicago, Illinois, US[1]
Coordinates41°52′03″N 87°40′10″W / 41.867402°N 87.669466°W / 41.867402; -87.669466
Line(s)Douglas Park branch
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
OpenedApril 28, 1896
ClosedMay 3, 1952
Passengers
195153,208 Decrease 2.64% (CTA)
Former services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
14th Place
Closed 1951[a]
toward Oak Park
 Douglas branch Polk
toward Marshfield
Location
Map

Roosevelt, originally 12th, was a rapid transit station on the Chicago "L"'s Douglas Park branch between 1896 and 1952. Constructed by the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad, it was one of the first stations opened on the branch in April 1896.

One of the busiest stations on the branch for the first decades of its existence, its ridership became lackluster in the 1920s and started declining precipitously in the latter half of that decade. Although several other stations were closed in a December 1951 service revision to the branch, Roosevelt was spared that fate; instead, its service and facilities were drastically reduced and it became a "partial-service" station. This proved short-lived, however, and the station closed altogether in 1952.

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