California (CTA Blue Line station)

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For other 'L' stations on the Chicago Transit Authority named California, see California (disambiguation) § CTA stations.
California
File:California Stop, Blue Line, May 2002.jpg
Location 2211 North California Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60647
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Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
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Platforms 2 Side platforms
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Bicycle facilities Yes
History
Opened May 25, 1895
Rebuilt 2014
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 1,309,557[1] Decrease 16.9% (CTA)
Rank 55 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station
toward O'Hare
 Blue Line
toward Forest Park

California is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Blue Line, on North California Avenue near West Fullerton Avenue in the Logan Square neighborhood. From California, trains run every 2-7 minutes during rush-hour periods, and take 12 minutes to reach the Loop.[citation needed]

Along with Damen and Western, this station opens at a side platform, unlike all other Blue Line stations.


History

File:California Blue Line CTA Station Entrance.jpg
entrance to the station in 2014

California station opened on May 25, 1895 as part of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated's Logan Square branch. In the summer of 2008, a temporary entrance immediately to the north of the station house was utilized for two weeks in order to renovate the station house. After stripping the interior, and removing the joist-supported wooden floor, the former crawl space was filled with gravel and covered by a concrete slab, the surface of which was patterned to imitate cobblestone. The repositioned agent box and farecard vending machines substantially increased the pedestrian traffic efficiency through the station house.[citation needed]

The station was closed during September and October 2014 for major repairs, but the renovation plans did not include retrofitting the stop so that the elevated platform would be accessible to disabled passengers. The re-opening ceremony on October 16 was attended by dignitaries including Rahm Emanuel and Dick Durbin.[2][3]

Station layout

P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound ← Blue Line toward O'Hare (Logan Square)
Southbound → Blue Line toward Forest Park (Western) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
G Street level Entrance/Exit

Bus connections

CTA

  • #52 Kedzie/California
  • #56 Milwaukee

Notes and references

Notes

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External links

File:California CTA Blue Line Station.jpg
Street entrance.


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