Garfield (CTA Green Line station)

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Garfield
File:20130608 16 CTA South Side L @ Garfield.jpg
Location 320 East Garfield Boulevard
Chicago, Illinois 60615
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Platforms 2 Side platforms
Tracks 2 tracks
Connections CTA bus
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Parking Aiga parking inv.svg 117 Spaces
Bicycle facilities Yes
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened October 12, 1892
Rebuilt 2000–01
Previous names 55th Street
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 483,968[1][lower-alpha 1] Decrease 78.6%
Rank 113 out of 143[lower-alpha 2]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station
toward Harlem/Lake
 Green Line
toward Ashland/63rd
Green Line
Route map
Green Line
north to Harlem/Lake
Garfield Blvd.
Green Line
south to Ashland/63rd and Cottage Grove

Garfield is one of two stations on Garfield Boulevard in Chicago. It serves the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system's Green Line. It is situated at 320 E Garfield Boulevard in the Washington Park neighborhood. It opened on October 12, 1892.[2][3] This station is the southernmost Green Line station served by both of the Green Line's branches: south of Garfield, the Green Line splits into two branches, one terminating at Ashland/63rd, and one at Cottage Grove.

Another station on Garfield Boulevard, in the median of the Dan Ryan Expressway, serves the Red Line. During the closure of the Dan Ryan branch of the Red Line from May through October 2013, Garfield Green Line station served as the terminus of several temporary bus routes in order to mitigate the effects of the closure. Each of the bus routes transferred passengers from the sites of closed Red Line stations south of 69th street to Garfield station, where fares were waived while the Red Line remained closed.[4][5]

This is the 'L' stop nearest to the University of Chicago and the Museum of Science and Industry, although still more than two miles away from the Museum. People looking to go to either of these destinations can take the 55 bus.

Bus connections

CTA

  • #55 Garfield (Owl Service)
  • #N5 South Shore Night Bus (Owl Service Only)

Image gallery

  • Garfield CTA 001012.jpg

    The original Garfield Station before reconstruction in 2000

  • Historic Garfield Station Entrance and Overpass

  • Garfield CTA Sign.JPG

    Parking Sign

  • 20130521 21 CTA Red Line Shuttle Terminal @ Garfield.jpg
  • 20130521 10 CTA Red Line Shuttle Terminal @ Garfield.jpg
  • 20130521 05 CTA South Side L @ Garfield.jpg

    Free entrance to Garfield station during Red Line reconstruction

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Garfield saw significantly higher ridership in 2013 due to the diversion of Red Line trains through this station while the Dan Ryan branch was closed for construction.
  2. ↑ Due to possible double-counting of physically-connected stations, the CTA's official 2014 tally of stations was 145, but for ridership purposes reported having only 143 stations.

References

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