Schiller station

Schiller was a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's North Side Main Line, which is now part of the Brown Line. The station was located at 315 W. Schiller Street in the Near North Side neighborhood of Chicago. Schiller was situated south of Sedgwick and north of Division, which closed at the same time as Schiller. Schiller opened on May 31, 1900, and closed on August 1, 1949, along with 22 other stations as part of a CTA service revision.^[1][2]

SCHILLER   1400N 400W
General information
Location	315 W. Schiller Street Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates	41.90762°N 87.63720°W / 41.90762; -87.63720
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	North Side Main Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4 tracks (2 express)
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	May 31, 1900; 125 years ago (1900-05-31)
Closed	August 1, 1949; 76 years ago (1949-08-01)
Passengers
1948	164,006  1.34% (CTA)
Rank	185 out of 223
Former services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Sedgwick toward Howard North Side main line Division toward Loop (Randolph/Wells) or North Water Terminal
Location

Ridership

In its last full year of service, 1948, Schiller served 164,006 riders, a 1.34 percent increase from the 161,830 riders of 1947. For the part of 1949 it was open, Schiller obtained a ridership of 90,157 patrons.^[3] Its 1947 performance made it the 196th-busiest station of the 222 on the Chicago "L" where ridership was recorded, whereas in 1948 it was the 185th-busiest of 223 such stations at the beginning of the year.^[a][7]

Notes

1. Several stations on the Niles Center and Westchester branches were permanently unstaffed and thus did not collect ridership statistics.^[4] Several stations closed on the "L" during 1948.^[5] Exchange station on the Stock Yards branch lacked statistics for 1947 but returned in 1948.^[6]