Wellington station (CTA)

Wellington is a Chicago 'L' station on the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Brown Line; Purple Line express trains also stop at the station during weekday rush hours. It is an elevated station with four tracks and two side platforms, located at 945 West Wellington Avenue in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Red Line trains pass through the station on the middle tracks, but do not stop. The station closed for renovations from March 30, 2008, until July 30, 2009.

Wellington   3000N 1000W
General information
Location	945 West Wellington Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60657
Coordinates	41.936203°N 87.653239°W / 41.936203; -87.653239
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	North Side Main Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	May 31, 1900; 125 years ago (1900-05-31)
Rebuilt	2008–2009; 16 years ago (2009)
Passengers
2024	560,853[1]  10.5%
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Belmont toward Kimball Brown Line Diversey toward Loop (Washington/Wells) Belmont toward Linden Purple Line Express Diversey toward Loop (Clark/Lake)      Red Line does not stop here
Track layout Legend Brown to Kimball Purple Express to Linden Red to Howard Nelson St. Red does not stop Wellington Ave. Brown and Purple Express to the Loop Red to 95th/​Dan Ryan
Location

History

Wellington station opened in 1900 as a local station on the original Northwestern Elevated Railroad route from Lake and Wells in downtown to Wilson Station.^[2] From the late 1940s Wellington became a station on the Ravenswood route (now the Brown Line). The original station house was demolished in the 1960s following a fire. Purple Line express trains began stopping at the station in 1998 as part of an effort to help alleviate congestion on the Brown Line.^[3]

Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project

Wellington station prior to reconstruction, September 2007. The red station signs are indicative of the station's former designation as an "A" station during the period of skip-stop service

Wellington was reconstructed and renovated as part of the Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project.^[4] The new station has extended platforms capable of berthing eight car trains, and added elevators make the station accessible to passengers with disabilities. The Wellington station closed for renovations on March 30, 2008. The station reopened on July 30, 2009.