Sedgwick station (CTA)

Track layout
	Brown Line and Purple Line Exp.
	west to Kimball and Linden
	Brown Line and Purple Line Exp.
	east to Loop

Sedgwick
Sedgwick 1600N; 400W
	Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
Location	1536 North Sedgwick Street; Chicago, Illinois 60610
Coordinates	41.910397°N 87.638631°W
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	North Side Main Line
Platforms	2 side platforms (formerly 2 island platforms)
Tracks	2 (formerly 4)
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	May 31, 1900
Closed	January 13, 1973 – April 23, 1973
Rebuilt	2006–07
Passengers
2019	1,160,257[1] 2%
Rank	57 out of 143
Services
Former services
Track layout
	Brown Line and Purple Line Exp.
	west to Kimball and Linden
	Brown Line and Purple Line Exp.
	east to Loop
Location
	Sedgwick Location in Chicago Sedgwick Location in Chicago

Sedgwick is an 'L' station on the CTA's Brown Line, Purple Line Express trains also stop at the station during weekday rush hours. It is an elevated station with two side platforms, located in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood of the Near North Side community area. The adjacent stations are Armitage, which is located about one mile (1.6 km) to the northwest, and Chicago, located about one mile (1.6 km) to the south.

History

The station was put into service in 1900 as part of Northwestern Elevated Railroad's initial route,[2] and it is one of the oldest standing stations on the 'L'.

The station circa 1965

El train by the station in 1987

In 1979, a portion of The Hunter starring Steve McQueen was shot at Sedgwick.[3]

The station under construction in 2007

During 2007, the main station entrance was closed for extensive renovation and rebuilding as part of the CTA's Brown Line capacity expansion project. Throughout the renovation period, the station remained open on weekdays but experienced several weekend closures, with entrance to the station through a temporary entrance (which was later converted to an emergency exit) located one block west of the original entrance at Hudson Avenue. As the outside express tracks had not been in service since 1963[4] they were removed and island platforms widened, converting them to side platforms. The platforms were also extended to allow eight-car trains to berth, and elevators were added along with other upgrades to meet ADA requirements.[5] The historical station house was restored, and an extension was added behind it.[2]

Bus connections

CTA

N9 Ashland Night Bus (Owl Service)
37 Sedgwick (Weekdays Only)
72 North

Notes and references

Notes

References

"Monthly Ridership Report – December 2019" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 13, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
Sedgwick. Chicago "L".org (URL accessed September 23, 2006).
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-hunter-1980
Borzo, Greg (2007). The Chicago "L". Chicago: Arcadia Publishing. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-7385-5100-5.
Sedgwick Station. CTA Countdown to a New Brown website (URL accessed September 23, 2006).

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[1] "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2019" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 13, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.

[Chicago-L.org-2] Sedgwick. Chicago "L".org (URL accessed September 23, 2006).

[3] ttps://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-hunter-1980

[4] Borzo, Greg (2007). The Chicago "L". Chicago: Arcadia Publishing. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-7385-5100-5.

[5] Sedgwick Station. CTA Countdown to a New Brown website (URL accessed September 23, 2006).