Granville station (CTA)

Granville is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Red Line, part of the Chicago 'L' rapid transit system. It is located at 1119 West Granville Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. It is in the Edgewater neighborhood, close to the Rogers Park border. From Granville, trains take 36 minutes to reach the Chicago Loop. Purple Line weekday rush hour express service use the outside tracks and do not stop at this station.

Granville   6200N 1200W
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
General information
Location	1119 West Granville Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60660
Coordinates	41.993731°N 87.659148°W / 41.993731; -87.659148
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	North Side Main Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Embankment
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	May 16, 1908; 116 years ago (1908-05-16)
Rebuilt	1921, 1980, 2012
Previous names	North Edgewater
Passengers
2022	598,670[1]  29%
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Loyola toward Howard Red Line Thorndale toward 95th/Dan Ryan      Purple Line does not stop here
Former services Preceding station Milwaukee Road Following station Rogers Park towards Llewellyn Park Chicago – Evanston Edgewater towards Chicago
Track layout Legend Purple Line Express north to Linden Red Line north to Howard Granville Ave. Purple Line Express south to Loop Red Line south to 95th/Dan Ryan
Location

History

Granville station was opened as North Edgewater in 1908. The station was rebuilt in 1921, and the name was changed to Granville. The current station dates to 1980 when an escalator and elevator were added, making this the first Chicago ‘L’ station to feature an elevator for accessibility.

A police station, jointly administered by Loyola University Chicago, the Chicago Transit Authority, and the Chicago Police Department was opened outside the Granville station on March 13, 2006.^[2]

2012 renovation

As part of an $86 million (equivalent to $114 million in 2023^[3]) rehabilitation project on the Red Line, the Granville station closed on June 1, 2012, for renovation. The project lasted approximately one month. Other north side stations were renovated following Granville's completion.^[4] The Granville station reopened at 10 p.m. on July 13, 2012.

Bus connections

CTA

• 36 Broadway^[5]

References

1. "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2022" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. February 2, 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 9, 2023. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
2. "Loyola University Chicago Unveils New Granville Police Office" (Press release). Loyola University. March 31, 2006. Archived from the original on September 26, 2006. Retrieved August 14, 2008.
3. 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
4. Spielman, Brian (April 27, 2012). "CTA to close seven North Side Red Line stops for repairs". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014.
5. "36 Broadway". Chicago Transit Authority.

External links

Media related to Granville (CTA) at Wikimedia Commons

• Granville Station Page at Chicago-'L'.org
• Broken links:
  • Train schedule (PDF) Archived January 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine at CTA official site
  • Granville Station Page CTA official site
• Granville Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View

Station sign on the 95th/Dan Ryan-bound side