Grand (CTA Blue Line)

Grand is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Blue Line.

tation history

Grand/Milwaukee Station opened in 1951 as part of the Milwaukee-Dearborn Downtown Subway. The Milwaukee-Dearborn Subway was the second subway line in Chicago's Loop since the State Street Subway that opened 8 years earlier in 1943.

In 1985, Grand was closed during night and weekend hours due to low ridership. By 1992, Grand was only serving 850 passengers a day, and it was closed by the CTA due to its low ridership and a budget crisis. While the station was closed, the five stairways to the subway platform became garbarge-strewn, and the station fell into disrepair. In 1999 the CTA decided to reopen the Grand Station due to population growth in the area around the station. After some refurbishment on the station, Grand Station was reopened on June 25, 1999.

Bus connections

CTA Buses
* #8 Halsted
* #33 Magnificent Mile Express
* #56 Milwaukee
* #65 Grand
* #132 Goose Island Express

External links

* [http://www.chicago-l.org/stations/grand-ohare.html Grand (O'Hare/Milwaukee Lines) Station Page]