Kedzie station (CTA Green Line)

For other 'L' stations on the Chicago Transit Authority named Kedzie, see Kedzie (CTA).

Kedzie is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Green Line and the East Garfield Park neighborhood. It opened in March 1894, and is three blocks south of Metra's Kedzie station on the Union Pacific West Line. It is also near the Chicago Center for Green Technology.

Kedzie   3200W 200N
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
General information
Location	3200 West Lake Street Chicago, Illinois 60624
Coordinates	41.884321°N 87.706155°W / 41.884321; -87.706155
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Lake Branch
Platforms	2 Side platforms
Tracks	2 tracks
Connections	CTA Buses
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Bicycle facilities	yes
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	March 1894
Rebuilt	1996
Passengers
2022	196,613  21%
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Conservatory–Central Park Drive toward Harlem/Lake Green Line California toward Ashland/63rd or Cottage Grove
Former services Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Homan Closed 1994 toward Harlem/Lake Lake Street Elevated Sacramento Closed 1948 toward Loop (Randolph/Wells) or Market Terminal
Track layout Green to Harlem/Lake Kedzie Ave. Green to Ashland/63rd or Cottage Grove
Location

Station Layout

The station consists of two side platforms. There is only one entrance to the station, adjacent to the eastbound platform. Access to the westbound platform is provided by a bridge over the platforms. However, each platform does have its own exit-only staircase.

History

The station was opened in March 1894, and is typical of the stations built in 1892-93 by the Lake Street Elevated Railroad, consisting of two rooms of windows on each side of the station. During the first fifty years of its existence, very little changed retaining its original Queen Anne style. Given the weakening of the number of passengers, the presence of an employee's desk was more assured as the hours from January 1, 1958. On January 5, 1964, outputs auxiliary were opened to prevent the crossing of the flow of passengers.

In 1974, the Chicago Transit Authority demolished the two rooms of the counters in order to replace them with a single utility room on the side Inbound to reduce the operating cost of Kedzie. This meant for passengers to Harlem going pay their ticket on the other platform before they can take their train. On January 9, 1994, The Green Line closed for a two-year renovation project. Like other stations of the line, Kedzie, was replaced by new modern equipment built on the model devised by architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. The Green Line and Kedzie reopened on May 12, 1996, in a temporary form until the station is fully completed and inaugurated on December 16, 1996.

Unlike previous incarnations of the station, a single pricing control area was built for both directions, it is always located at the level of the paths to the centre (Inbound) but an elevator allows traffic between channels. In December 2002, Kedzie was one of the four new project of Chicago Transit Authority monitoring pilot (with Roosevelt and 95/Dan Ryan on the Red Line and 35/Archer on the Orange Line). Kedzie is accessible to people with reduced mobility and 429.710 passengers have used it in 2008.

Bus and rail connections

CTA

• 52 Kedzie

Metra

• Kedzie (Metra station)

External links

• Kedzie (Lake Street Line) Station Page
• Kedzie Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View