- Morse (CTA station)
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Morse 
Station statistics Address 1358 West Morse Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60626Coordinates 42°00′29″N 87°39′57″W / 42.00819°N 87.66595°WCoordinates: 42°00′29″N 87°39′57″W / 42.00819°N 87.66595°W Lines Structure Elevated Platforms 1 island platform Tracks 4 Bicycle facilities Yes Other information Opened May 16, 1908 Rebuilt 1921 Owned by Chicago Transit Authority Formerly Rogers Park Traffic Passengers (2010) 1,379,730[1] 
1.3%Services Preceding station Chicago 'L' Following station Jarvistoward HowardRed Line Loyolatoward 95th/Dan RyanMorse is an 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line. It is located at 1358 West Morse Avenue in Chicago, Illinois (directional coordinates 6900N, 1400W). The station was formerly known as Rogers Park or Morse-Rogers Park. There is an automated entry/exit from the north end of the platform onto Lunt Avenue (7000N). The Rogers Park neighborhood, located in the far northeast corner of Chicago, has four 'L' stations (N to S): Howard, Jarvis, Morse, and Loyola.
The station was first constructed in 1908, and rebuilt in 1921 as the line was elevated. This mostly brick and concrete station remains today, with only minor renovations and changes made, the most recent being in 2004. A Chicago Police Department video camera was recently installed at the station, in response to community complaints of drug dealing, prostitution, and panhandling nearby.
The Rogers Park Metra commuter railroad station is five blocks to the west of Morse station on Lunt Ave.
There are several businesses that are also housed in the building containing the station. Next to the attendant's booth inside the station is a newsstand. Under the Morse Avenue viaduct are Morse El Liquors and Leni Blumyin, DPM. The storefronts under the Lunt Ave exit at the north end of the station are empty. The Heartland Cafe is across the street.
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Stroller controversy
A northbound train enters the station, passing close to the metal guardrail. The stroller is alleged to have struck a similar railing as the train left the station.
The southbound railing has been replaced during the investigation.On November 2, 2009, an incident occurred at the Morse station involving a child in a stroller that is under some dispute. Ebere Ozonwu claims that as she was rushing to catch a southbound train, pushing her daughter ahead of her in a stroller, the train's doors closed on the stroller and dragged it, eventually flinging her daughter onto the gravel at the end of the platform and carrying the stroller away.[2] Traces of paint found on the stroller, possibly from the guardrail at the end of the platform, seem to confirm this story, but the operator claims that the doors were carefully checked and the train could not have moved if the doors were not closed.[3]
Bus connections
- #96 Lunt
- #155 Devon
References
- ^ "Annual Ridership Report: Calendar Year 2010" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority. http://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/ridership_reports/2010-Annual.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
- ^ St Clair, Stacy (November 5, 2009). "Stroller allegedly caught in CTA train doors appears to be unscathed". Chicago Tribune. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-cta-stroller-05-nov05,0,4749607.story.
- ^ Chicago Tribune. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-cta_stroller_06nov06,0,6400745.story.
External links
- Train schedule (PDF) at CTA official site
- Morse Station Page at Chicago-L.org
- Morse Station Page CTA official site
- Lunt Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Morse Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
Categories:- CTA Red Line stations
- Railway stations opened in 1908
- Chicago Transit Authority stubs
- Illinois railway station stubs
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