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Berwyn station (CTA)

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As part of Phase I of the Red & Purple Modernization Project, the station closed for demolition beginning on May 16, 2021 and a newly constructed station will reopen in December 2025. The new station will feature wider platforms, better lighting, and be accessible to passengers with disabilities.
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mile (0.54 km) to the south, both still in service and serving as alternate stations. Four tracks pass through the station, but there is only single island platform in the center of the tracks. The two western tracks are temporarily out of service for construction and trains on both the Red and
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Purple Lines pass Berwyn on the eastern tracks without stopping. When the station reopens, it will consist of an island platform with Red Line trains stopping on the inner tracks and Purple Line Express trains bypassing the station on the outer tracks. Berwyn is named for the
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were elevated onto an embankment between 1914 and 1922. This new station was built to a design by architect Charles P. Rawson; the date of opening is not known, but a station may have existed at Berwyn by 1916. At the time of its opening the station was named
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to Central Street in Evanston in 1908, but they did not build a station at Berwyn Avenue until the tracks between Wilson and
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was extended from Foster Avenue to Hollywood Avenue destroying the namesake Edgewater beach.
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The station is closed for reconstruction and is scheduled to reopen in December 2025.
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Berwyn Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
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It is located at 1121 West Berwyn Avenue in the 781: 773: 766: 2108: 1281: 1208: 1106: 1098: 1091: 672: 559: 410: 1045: 1037: 1030: 720: 712: 705: 1625: 1623: 1539:in the late 1950s, around about the time that 875: 867: 860: 56:The original Berwyn station before demolition. 1903: 1249: 1241: 825: 817: 810: 1620: 1197: 1189: 1910: 1896: 1760:"CTA unveils new Red Line station designs" 1376: 1368: 661: 653: 497: 489: 50: 1757: 1731: 756: 748: 534: 526: 1693:, by 1965 the CTA system maps just used 1322: 1314: 1179: 1171: 1081: 1073: 956: 948: 643: 635: 600: 592: 443: 435: 1575: 913: 905: 2109: 1547:Red & Purple Modernization Project 1479:mile (0.60 km) to the north, and 1358: 1350: 1161: 1153: 738: 730: 479: 471: 1891: 1758:Hernandez, Cindy (January 28, 2021). 1571:146 Inner Lake Shore/Michigan Express 1063: 1055: 931: 923: 290: 1667: 1629: 1340: 1332: 994: 986: 843: 835: 461: 453: 373: 13: 1850:"146 Inner Drive/Michigan Express" 1555: 1271: 1009: 1002: 939: 851: 549: 152:4 (two temporarily out of service) 14: 2133: 1868: 1656:History of Edgewater street names 1522:extended its services north from 1783: 1375: 1367: 1357: 1349: 1339: 1331: 1321: 1313: 1270: 1263: 1256: 1248: 1240: 1196: 1188: 1178: 1170: 1160: 1152: 1142: 1134: 1127: 1105: 1097: 1090: 1080: 1072: 1062: 1054: 1044: 1036: 1029: 1008: 1001: 993: 985: 977: 976: 955: 947: 938: 930: 922: 912: 904: 882: 874: 866: 859: 850: 842: 834: 824: 816: 809: 800: 780: 772: 765: 755: 747: 737: 729: 719: 711: 704: 660: 652: 642: 634: 624: 616: 609: 599: 591: 548: 541: 533: 525: 517: 516: 496: 488: 478: 470: 460: 452: 442: 434: 378: 254: 253: 1842: 1828: 1508:Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line 1803: 1777: 1751: 1725: 1700: 1660: 1649: 1595: 1520:Northwestern Elevated Railroad 1264: 542: 1: 1588: 1836:"92 Foster (Bus Route Info)" 1732:Ward, Joe (April 20, 2021). 1465:. The adjacent stations are 1257: 966:Platform temporarily closed 883: 801: 211:; 108 years ago 144:(temporarily out of service) 7: 1852:. 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Index

Chicago 'L'
rapid transit

Chicago, Illinois
41°58′40″N 87°39′31″W / 41.977833°N 87.658683°W / 41.977833; -87.658683
Chicago Transit Authority
North Side Main Line
island platform
Elevated
Chicago "L"
Bryn Mawr
Howard
Red Line
Argyle
95th/Dan Ryan
Purple Line
Legend
Purple Line Express
Linden
Red Line
Howard
Purple Line Express
Loop
Red Line
95th/Dan Ryan
'L'
CTA
Red Line
Edgewater
Chicago

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