- Berwyn (CTA)
Berwyn is an 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line. It is located at 1121 West Berwyn Avenue (directional coordinates 5300 north, 1200 west) in the southern part of the Edgewater neighborhood of
Chicago, Illinois . [cite web |last=Garfield |first=Graham |url=http://chicago-l.org/stations/berwyn.html |title=Berwyn |accessdate=2007-12-12 |work=Chicago "L".org ] The adjacent stations are Bryn Mawr, located about ⅜ mile to the north, and Argyle, about ⅓ mile to the south. Four tracks pass through the station, but there is only single island platform in the center of the tracks; Purple Line weekday peak time express services use the outside tracks but do not stop at this station.History
The Northwestern Elevated Railroad extended its services north from Wilson to Central Street in Evanston in 1908, but they did not build a station at Berwyn Avenue until the tracks between Wilson and Howard were elevated onto an embankment between 1914 and 1922. This new station was built to a design by architect Charles P. Rawson, and opened as "Edgewater Beach Station" in 1918. [cite web |last=Garfield |first=Graham |url=http://www.chicago-l.org/operations/lines/northmain-red.html |title=Red Line: Howard |accessdate=2008-08-23 |work=Chicago "L".org ] The name was changed to "Berwyn" in the late 1950s, [See: cite web |last=Garfield |first=Graham |url=http://chicago-l.org/maps/route/index.html |title=Route Maps |accessdate=2007-12-12 |work=Chicago "L".org —the 1944 Rand McNally Street Guide refers to the station as "Edgewater Beach", CTA system maps from the 1950s refer to the station as "Edgewater Beach-Berwyn", by 1965 the CTA system maps just used "Berwyn".] around about the time that
Lake Shore Drive was extended from Foster Avenue to Hollywood Avenue destroying the namesake Edgewater beach. [cite web |url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/410024.html |title=Lake Shore Drive |accessdate=2007-12-12 |work=Encyclopedia of Chicago ]Bus Connections
CTA Buses
*#36 Broadway
*#92 Foster
*#144 Marine/Michigan Express
*#146 Inner Drive/Michigan Express
*#N151 Sheridan (Owl Service) Pace Buses
*#210 Lincoln Avenue References
External links
* [http://www.transitchicago.com/maps/rail/red/berwyn.pdf Train schedule (PDF)] at [http://www.transitchicago.com/ CTA official site]
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