Ravenswood station (CTA)

Ravenswood was a rapid transit station on the Chicago "L"'s Ravenswood branch, which is now part of the Brown Line. The station opened on May 18, 1907,[1] and was located at Wilson Avenue and Ravenswood Avenue in the Ravenswood neighborhood of Chicago. It was built to serve as a connection point to the Chicago and North Western Railway via their adjacent Ravenswood–Wilson station. Ravenswood was situated east of Damen and north of Montrose. The station closed on August 1, 1949, along with 22 other stations as part of a CTA service revision.[2][3]

RAVENSWOOD
 
4600N
1800W
Former Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
General information
Location4530 North Ravenswood Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates41.9652°N 87.6753°W / 41.9652; -87.6753
Owned byChicago Transit Authority
Line(s)Ravenswood Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2 tracks
Connections
  Milwaukee Division
(at Ravenswood–Wilson)
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
OpenedMay 18, 1907
ClosedAugust 1, 1949
Passengers
1948266,162 Decrease 17.77% (CTA)
Former services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Damen
toward Kimball
 Ravenswood branch Montrose
toward Belmont
Location

Station details

Ridership

Station ridership peaked in 1917 at 547,257 passengers.[4] Between 1923 and its closure, Ravenswood was consistently the least-patronized station on the Ravenswood branch.[5] Ridership last exceeded 500,000 passengers in 1928 and 400,000 in 1930.[6] In its last full year of operation, 1948, it served 266,162 riders, a 17.77 percent decline from the 323,689 passengers of 1947. For the part of 1949 it was open, it served 137,193 patrons.[7]

References
  1. "New 'L' Line Operated". Chicago Daily Tribune. May 19, 1907. p. 11.
  2. Garfield, Graham. "Ravenswood". Chicago-L.org. Retrieved August 30, 2009.
  3. "Begin Skip-Stop Runs Monday on North, South 'L'". Chicago Daily Tribune. July 29, 1949. p. A9.
  4. CTA 1979, p. 27
  5. CTA 1979, pp. 28–30
  6. CTA 1979, pp. 28–29
  7. CTA 1979, p. 30

Works cited
  • CTA Rail Entrance, Annual Traffic, 1900–1979 (Report). Chicago: Chicago Transit Authority. October 1, 1979.
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