Francisco is an
'L' station on the
CTA's Brown Line. It is an at-grade station with a single island platform, located in
Chicago's Ravenswood Manor
The Ravenswood Manor Historic District is a historic district in the Albany Park community area of North Side, Chicago, Illinois. It is bordered by the Chicago River on the East, and by the alley south of Lawrence Avenue on the North, Sacrament ...
neighborhood at 4649 North Francisco Avenue. The adjacent stations are
Kedzie, which is about to the west, and
Rockwell, located across the
Chicago River
The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of that runs through the city of Chicago, including its center (the Chicago Loop). The river is one of the reasons for Chicago's geographic importance: the related Chic ...
about to the east.
History
Francisco Station opened on December 14, 1907, as part of
Northwestern Elevated Railroad
The Northwestern Elevated Railroad was the last of the privately constructed rapid transit lines to be built in Chicago. The line ran from the Loop in downtown Chicago north to Wilson Avenue in Chicago's Uptown, Chicago, Uptown neighborhood with a ...
's Ravenswood line.
Francisco.
' Chicago-'L'.org (URL accessed September 2, 2006). It had survived relatively intact until September 2006, when the station closed for renovation.
Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project
The Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project upgraded all Brown Line stations to be accessible to passengers with disabilities and extended platforms to allow eight car trains. Because of the historic nature of the station structures, Francisco Station was not completely rebuilt, as with the neighboring Kedzie and Rockwell stations. However, the platforms were rebuilt, an auxiliary entrance added on Sacramento Avenue, and the station house and canopy were renovated and upgraded.
The station closed from September 15, 2006, to March 9, 2007, to allow this work to be completed.
' CTA Countdown To A New Brown website (URL accessed September 2, 2006).
Gallery
File:Francisco station 060318.jpg, Francisco station in March 2006, prior to renovation
File:Francisco CTA 070826.jpg, Newly rebuilt Francisco station, August 2007
References
External links
Train schedule (PDF)a
CTA official siteSacramento Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street ViewFrancisco Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
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CTA Brown Line stations
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1907