Logan Square station

Logan Square
Location 2620 North Kedzie Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60647
Coordinates 41°55′47″N 87°42′31″W / 41.929728°N 87.708541°W / 41.929728; -87.708541Coordinates: 41°55′47″N 87°42′31″W / 41.929728°N 87.708541°W / 41.929728; -87.708541
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)
  Blue Line
Platforms 1 Island platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Subway
Depth 29 ft
Bicycle facilities Yes
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened May 25, 1895 (Elevated station)
February 1, 1970 (Subway station)
Rebuilt 1970 (New Station)
2000–2001 (Elevator added, minor renovations)
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 2,315,219[1] Increase 1.3% (CTA)
Rank 21 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station
toward O'Hare
Blue Line
toward Forest Park
Route map
Legend

Blue Line
north to O'Hare

Blue Line
south to Forest Park
Station house

Logan Square is a subway station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Blue Line and the Logan Square neighborhood. It was the terminus of the Blue Line until it was extended along the Kennedy Expressway to the Jefferson Park stop in 1970 and to O'Hare Airport in 1984. From Logan Square, trains run at intervals of 2–7 minutes during rush-hour periods, and take 14 minutes to travel to the Loop. O'Hare bound trains take 26 minutes to reach the airport. The interior of the station is very similar to Belmont station, which is the next stop towards O'Hare station.

History

Milwaukee and Diversey in 1969, with the subway under construction

The current subway Logan Square station replaced an older elevated Logan Square station that opened in 1895 as part of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated line. The older Logan Square station was the terminal of the West-Northwest Route (the predecessor to today's Blue line) until 1970 when the line was extended via the Kennedy Expressway to Jefferson Park and eventually to O'Hare Airport in September 1984. The elevated station was later demolished after the new subway station opened.

Bus connections

CTA

The older elevated station, later demolished after the new subway station opened

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Due to possible double-counting of physically-connected stations, the CTA's official 2015 tally of stations was 146, but for ridership purposes reported having only 143 stations.

References

  1. ↑ "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2015" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 11, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
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