Addison station (CTA Brown Line)

This article is about the Brown Line station and is not to be confused with the Addison station on the Red Line or the Addison station on the Blue Line.

Addison is an 'L' station on the CTA's Brown Line. It is an elevated station with two side platforms, located at 1818–20 West Addison Street in Chicago's North Center neighborhood. The stations that are adjacent to Addison are Irving Park, one-half mile (0.80 km) to the north, and Paulina, about three-eighths mile (0.60 km) to the southeast.

Addison   3600N 1800W
General information
Location	1818 West Addison Street Chicago, Illinois 60613
Coordinates	41.946972°N 87.674728°W / 41.946972; -87.674728
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Ravenswood Branch
Platforms	2 Side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	May 18, 1907; 118 years ago (1907-05-18)[1]
Rebuilt	2006–2007; 18 years ago (2007)
Previous names	Addison/Lincoln (station sign)
Passengers
2024	373,330[2]  5.5%
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Irving Park toward Kimball Brown Line Paulina toward Loop (Washington/Wells)
Track layout Legend Brown to Kimball Lincoln Ave. Addison St. Brown to the Loop
Location

History

Addison station in July 2006, before reconstruction

Addison Station opened in 1907 as part of the Northwestern Elevated Railroad's Ravenswood branch.^[3]

Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project

The Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project aims to allow eight car trains on the Brown Line by the extension of the platforms at all stations. At the same time all Brown Line stations are being upgraded to become accessible to passengers with disabilities. On December 2, 2006, Addison station closed for 12 months to be rebuilt as part of this project.^[4] The station reopened on December 3, 2007, the same day which the Irving Park station closed for renovations.

Bus connections

CTA

• 152 Addison