Berwyn is a temporarily closed 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line. It is located at 1121 West Berwyn Avenue in the Edgewater neighborhood of

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. The adjacent stations are Bryn Mawr, located about to the north, and Argyle, about to the south, both still in service and serving as alternate stations. Four tracks pass through the station, but there is only single island platform in the center of the tracks. The two western tracks are temporarily out of service for construction and trains on both the Red and Purple Lines pass Berwyn on the eastern tracks without stopping. When the station reopens, it will consist of an island platform with Red Line trains stopping on the inner tracks and Purple Line Express trains bypassing the station on the outer tracks. Berwyn is named for the Berwyn station in the community of the same name, which is west of

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. Many of the roads (and thus CTA stations) in the Edgewater neighborhood are named after stations on the former Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line.

History

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extended its services north from Wilson to Central Street in Evanston in 1908, but they did not build a station at Berwyn Avenue until the tracks between Wilson and

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were elevated onto an embankment between 1914 and 1922. This new station was built to a design by architect Charles P. Rawson; the date of opening is not known, but a station may have existed at Berwyn by 1916. At the time of its opening the station was named ''Edgewater Beach Station''; the name was changed to ''Berwyn'' in the late 1950s, around the time that

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was extended from Foster Avenue to Hollywood Avenue destroying the namesake Edgewater Beach.

Red & Purple Modernization Project

As part of Phase I of the Red & Purple Modernization Project, the station closed for demolition beginning on May 16, 2021 and a newly constructed station will reopen on July 20, 2025. The new station will feature wider platforms, better lighting, and be accessible to passengers with disabilities.

Bus connections

CTA * 92 Foster * 146 Inner Lake Shore/Michigan Express

Notes and references

Notes

The station is closed for reconstruction and is scheduled to reopen on July 20, 2025.

References

External links

Berwyn Station PageCTA official siteBerwyn Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
{{DEFAULTSORT:Berwyn (Cta) CTA Red Line stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1916