Thorndale station (CTA)

Thorndale is an 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line. It is located at 1118 West Thorndale Avenue in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The adjacent stations are Granville, located about one quarter mile to the north, and Bryn Mawr, about one half mile to the south. Four tracks pass through the station, but there is only a single island platform in the center of the tracks; Purple Line weekday rush hour express service use the outside tracks but do not stop at this station. Thorndale is named for the Thorndale station in the community of the same name, which is west of Philadelphia. Many of the streets (and thus CTA stations) in the Edgewater neighborhood are named after stops on the former PRR Main Line.[3]

Thorndale   5900N 1200W
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
Location	1118 West Thorndale Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60660
Coordinates	41.990133°N 87.659082°W
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	North Side Main Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Embankment
Bicycle facilities	Yes
History
Opened	February 14, 1915[1]
Rebuilt	1921, 2012
Passengers
2019	930,062[2]  4.5%
Rank	72 out of 143
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Granville toward Howard Red Line Bryn Mawr toward 95th/Dan Ryan
Track layout Purple Line Express north to Linden Red Line north to Howard Thorndale Ave. Purple Line Express south to Loop Red Line south to 95th/Dan Ryan

History

A temporary station opened at Thorndale in 1915. This was replaced with a permanent station built to a design by architect Charles P. Rawson in 1921 as part of a project by the Northwestern Elevated Railroad to raise the tracks between Wilson and Howard onto an embankment.[4]

Modernization

Closure of the Thorndale station (along with Lawrence, and Jarvis on the Red Line and South Boulevard and Foster on the Purple Line) was proposed in of three of the CTA's six potential options for the renovation of the Purple Line and northern section of the Red Line.[5] In two plans, the station would be replaced by new auxiliary entrances at Glenlake from Granville and Hollywood from Bryn Mawr. In the third, replacement would be by auxiliary entrances at Elmdale from a new subterranean station at Glenlake and at Hollywood from a new station at Bryn Mawr.[6]

Bus connections

CTA

• 36 Broadway [7]

Notes and references

Notes

References

1. "New "L" Station Opened". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 15, 1915. p. 15.
2. "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2019" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 13, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
3. History of streets in Edgewater
4. Garfield, Graham. "Thorndale". Chicago "L".org. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
5. Roberts, Bob (January 27, 2011). "CTA Riders Voice Their Opinions". CBS Chicago.com. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
6. "Environmental Impact Statement Scoping Information" (PDF). North Red and Purple Modernization Project. Chicago Transit Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 24, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
7. https://www.transitchicago.com/bus/36/

External links

• Train schedule (PDF) at CTA official site
• Thorndale Station Page CTA official site
• Thorndale Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View