Sedgwick (CTA)

Sedgwick is an 'L' station on the CTA's Brown Line, with weekday peak time service on Purple Line. It is an elevated station with two side platforms, located in Chicago's Near North Side neighborhood. The adjacent stations are Armitage, which is located about 1 mile to the northwest, and Chicago, located about 1 mile to the south.

History

The station was put into service in 1900 as part of Northwestern Elevated Railroad's initial route," [http://chicago-l.org/stations/sedgewick.html Sedgwick.] " Chicago "L".org (URL accessed September 23 2006).] and it is one of the oldest standing stations on the 'L'.

Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project

During 2007 the main station entrance was closed for extensive renovation and rebuilding as part of the CTA's Brown Line capacity expansion project. Throughout the renovation period, the station remained open on weekdays but experienced several weekend closures, with entrance to the station through a temporary entrance (which was later converted to an emergency exit) located one block west of the original entrance. As the outside express tracks had not been in service since 1963 [cite book |title=The Chicago "L" |last=Borzo |first=Greg |year=2007 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |location=Chicago |pages=p. 69 |id=ISBN 978-0-7385-5100-5 ] they were removed and island platforms widened, converting them to side platforms. The platforms were also extended to allow eight-car trains to berth, and elevators were added along with other upgrades to meet to meet ADA requirements. [" [http://ctabrownline.com/sedgwick.html Sedgwick Station.] " CTA Countdown to a New Brown website (URL accessed September 23 2006).] The historical station house was restored, and an extension was added behind it.

Bus Connections

CTA Buses
* #11 Lincoln/Sedgwick
* #72 North

References

External links

* [http://www.transitchicago.com/maps/rail/brown/Sedgwick.pdf Train schedule (PDF)] at [http://www.transitchicago.com/ CTA official site]

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