Sheridan is an 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line. It is an elevated station with two

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s, located at 3940 North Sheridan Road, in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago's Lakeview community area. Sheridan is the closest 'L' stop to

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, which is about one-half mile to the west on Irving Park Road. The Sheridan station is one of only two remaining 'L' stations that were built on S-curves;

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on the Green Line is the other. Purple Line weekday rush hour express service use the outside tracks but only a certain number of them stop at this station when the

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have weekday evening home games or other events at Wrigley Field scheduled.

History

Purple Line connections

Beginning spring 2007 and lasting through 2009, northbound and southbound Purple Line Express trains stop at Sheridan before

weekday night games in order to provide more service to

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, less than a mile from the station. Previously, trains had stopped at the Addison station to the south but that station does not have platform access to the express tracks as Sheridan does, which required Purple Line trains to cross over to the Red Line tracks. In order to prevent this from adding to delays caused by the Brown Line reconstruction, the stop was moved to Sheridan. Sheridan also sees frequent use by Red Line passengers traveling to and from

, since Addison is often crowded after Cubs games.

Red & Purple Modernization Project

As part of the Red & Purple Modernization Project, the Sheridan station was proposed to be replaced with a new Irving Park station if the CTA decides not to go with the "no action" alternative. From March 6, 2015 until October 23, 2017, all Loop-bound Purple Line express trains shared tracks with 95th-bound Red Line trains (and stopped during AM rush hours), due to the Wilson station reconstruction.

Station layout

The station has two island platforms—potentially giving access to all four tracks that run through the station. Red Line trains stop on the inner tracks at all times, and Purple Line Express trains pass through the station via the outer tracks.

Bus connections

CTA * X9 Ashland Express * 80 Irving Park * 151 Sheridan

References

External links

Sheridan Station Page
at Chicago-'L'.org
Train schedule (PDF)
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CTA official siteSheridan Station PageCTA official siteSheridan Road entrance from Google Maps Street View
{{Chicago Cubs CTA Red Line stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1900