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Ashland is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Orange Line. It is located at the intersection of Ashland Avenue and 31st Street near the Stevenson Expressway . Although located within the Lower West Side community area, the station mostly serves the Bridgeport and McKinley Park neighborhoods.
Ashland Avenue is a north-south street in Chicago, in whose grid system it is designated as 1600W. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) west of State Street , the city's north-south baseline. It is one of the major streets on the city's west side.
Ashland station opened on November 6, 1893, as part of the Lake Street Elevated Railroad's initial route, [2] and it is one of the oldest standing stations on the 'L'. The station closed on April 4, 1948, along with nine other stations on the Lake Street branch, [3] but later reopened on February 25, 1951, the same day the Milwaukee-Dearborn subway opened for service. [4]
Ashland: Ravenswood Ravenswood Metra: Beverly 95th/Ashland Daily 4,332,884 74th East Beverly/Longwood Manor 104th/Vincennes (Rush hour only) N9 Ashland (Owl) Lincoln Park North/Clark Roseland 95th/Dan Ryan ( ) Night N/A 74th X9 Ashland Express: Lakeview East/Buena Park Irving Park/Broadway Beverly 95th/Ashland Weekday rush 1,335,876 74th 10
Ashland/63rd is an 'L' station and the terminal of the CTA Green Line's Ashland branch, located in the West Englewood neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Situating at 6315 S. Ashland Avenue, the station contains a Park 'n' ride lot with 235 spaces as well as a Kiss 'n' Ride lane.
The Green Line operates weekdays from 4 a.m. to 1 a.m., and Saturdays and Sundays from 5 a.m. to 1 a.m. Between Harlem/Lake and Garfield, trains run on a minimum headway of 12 minutes, decreasing to as few as 10 minutes during weekday rush hours. Headways are doubled on the branches to Ashland/63rd and Cottage Grove. [3]
The first station on the Ashland branch, State, opened November 3, 1905. After an incremental series of expansions, service was extended to the branch's first terminal at Loomis on July 13, 1907. On May 6, 1969, the Ashland/63rd terminal opened, replacing the old terminal at Loomis. On January 9, 1994, the Green Line closed for renovation. When ...
The Ashland Yard is an elevated CTA rail yard in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, which stores cars from the Green Line of the Chicago Transit Authority. Currently, 5000-series railcars are stored here. [ 1 ]