Howard (CTA)

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Howard

Station statistics

Address

1649 West Howard Street
Chicago, IL

Lines

Red Line

Yellow Line

Purple Line

Platforms

Two island platforms

Other information

Passengers (2006)

1,969,217

Opened

1908

Rebuilt

1921

Howard is a station on the Chicago 'L' system, located at 1649 West Howard Street in Chicago, Illinois (directional coordinates 7600 north, 1700 west). It is the northernmost station on the CTA Red Line (and the outlying terminus of the North Side Main Line), and also has connections with the Yellow Line and the Purple Line; incidentally, the Yellow Line has one of its two termini here, while the Purple Line does not go south of this station outside of weekday rush hours.

The station is in the Rogers Park neighborhood on the border with Evanston. It was originally opened in 1908 and was rebuilt in 1921. An escalator was added in 1964. A Park and Ride is provided at this station. The Rogers Park neighborhood, located in the far northeast corner of Chicago, has four El stations (N to S): Howard, Jarvis, Morse, and Loyola.

A large maintenance yard and rolling stock storage facility, known as Howard Yard, is just north of the station. Northbound Purple and Yellow Line trains pass through the yard on the way to their respective branches, and Red Line trains travel from the north-bound platform to the south-bound platform via a balloon loop in the yard.

Under the CTA's current Capital Improvement Plan, the station will once again be rebuilt for handicapped access. The adjacent bus terminal has already been reconfigured.

[edit] Average passenger entrances

Weekday:

January 2004: 5,372
July 2004: 5,856
January 2005: 5,677
February 2005: 5,835
March 2005: 5,724
April 2005: 6,070
May 2005: 6,154
June 2005: 6,150
July 2005: 5,968
January 2006: 5,827
February 2006: 5,992
March 2006: 6,017
April 2006: 6,116
May 2006: 6,339
June 2006: 6,269

Red Line destination sign

Saturday

January 2004: 3,431
July 2004: 4,372
January 2005: 3,497
February 2005: 3,914
March 2005: 3,788
April 2005: 4,115
May 2005: 4,398
June 2005: 4,546
July 2005: 4,590
January 2006: 3,858
February 2006: 3,844
March 2006: 4,189
April 2006: 4,301
May 2006: 4,455
June 2006: 4,418

Purple Line destination sign

Sunday

January 2004: 2,228
July 2004: 3,205
January 2005: 2,421
February 2005: 2,518
March 2005: 2,568
April 2005: 2,945
May 2005: 3,070
June 2005: 3,367
July 2005: 3,528
January 2006: 2,748
February 2006: 2,719
March 2006: 2,820
April 2006: 2,967
May 2006: 3,418
June 2006: 3,325

Yellow Line destination sign

Source: CTA ridership reports

[edit] External links

Howard at Chicago-'L'.org
Train schedules at CTA official site

Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 42.019161° -87.673093°
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Previous station	Chicago 'L'	Next station
Terminus	Red Line	Jarvis toward 95/Dan Ryan
Skokie Terminus	Yellow Line	Terminus
South Blvd toward Linden	Purple Line	Belmont Non-rushhour service terminates at Howard toward the Loop