Cermak–McCormick Place station
Cermak–McCormick Place | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 12 E. Cermak Chicago, Illinois | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°51′11″N 87°37′35″W / 41.8531548°N 87.626423°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Chicago Transit Authority | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms (original station) 1 island platform (rebuilt station) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 tracks | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | June 6, 1892 (original station) February 8, 2015 (rebuilt station) | ||||||||||
| Closed | September 9, 1977 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1907, 2013–2015 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | 22nd Street (1892–1933) Cermak (1933–1977) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2014 | 615 (avg. weekday)[1] | ||||||||||
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Cermak–McCormick Place is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Green Line. The station, designed by Chicago-based Ross Barney Architects, is located at Cermak Road and State Street in the Near South Side neighborhood of Chicago. The station includes three entrances – one on each side of Cermak Road and one at 23rd Street. The main station entrance is built on the north side of Cermak road.[2]
The new station replaced the original Cermak station that opened on June 6, 1892, closed on September 9, 1977, and was demolished in 1978.[3] Both the former and the new station are situated south of Roosevelt/Wabash and north of 35th–Bronzeville–IIT.
On January 17, 2012, Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel announced at a press conference that the Cermak station will be rebuilt in order to serve McCormick Place.[4][5] A groundbreaking ceremony for the new station was held on August 29, 2013.[6][7] The new Cermak-McCormick Place station opened on February 8, 2015.[8][9]
References
- ^ http://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/ridership_reports/2015-02.pdf
- ^ "Mayor Emanuel breaks ground for $50M Cermak Avenue Green Line Station". REJournals.com. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
- ^ Garfield, Graham. "Cermak". Chicago-L.org. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
- ^ "Mayor Emanuel Opens Newly-Renovated Grand Avenue Red Line Station" (Press release). City of Chicago. January 17, 2012. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ^ "Emanuel to announce two new CTA stations". abclocal.go.com. January 17, 2012. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ^ "Construction begins on CTA Cermak Green Line station". ABC Inc., WLS-TV Chicago. August 29, 2013. Retrieved August 29, 2013.
- ^ Swartz, Tracy (25 August 2014). "On the CTA, summer construction season rolls into fall". Retrieved 18 September 2014.
- ^ "Cermak-McCormick Place". Chicago Transit Authority. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
- ^ http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/02/07/new-cermak-mccormick-place-green-line-station-opens-sunday/