Granville (CTA)

Granville is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Red Line, part of the Chicago 'L' metro system. It is located at 1119 West Granville Avenue in Chicago, Illinois (directional coordinates 6200 north, 1200 west). It is in the Edgewater neighborhood, close to the Rogers Park border.

Granville Station was opened as "North Edgewater Station" in 1908. The station was rebuilt in 1921, and the name was changed to "Granville". The present station dates to 1980 when an escalator & elevator were added.

A police station, jointly administered by Loyola University Chicago, the Chicago Transit Authority, and the Chicago Police Department was opened outside the Granville station on March 13, 2006. [cite press release| url=http://www.luc.edu/umc/newsroom/releases/06_03_granvillestation1.shtml| title=Loyola University Chicago Unveils New Granville Police Office| publisher=Loyola University| date=2006-03-31| accessdate=2008-08-14| ]

=CTA Bus connections=

* #36 Broadway
* #N201 Central/Sherman

References

External links

* [http://www.chicago-l.org/stations/granville.html Granville] at [http://www.chicago-l.org/ Chicago-'L'.org]
* [http://www.transitchicago.com/maps/rail/red/granville.pdf Train schedule (PDF)] at [http://www.transitchicago.com/ CTA official site]