Thorndale is an
'L' station on the
CTA's
Red Line. It is located at 1118 West Thorndale Avenue in the
Edgewater neighborhood of
Chicago, Illinois
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. The adjacent stations are
Granville, located about one quarter mile to the north, and
Bryn Mawr, about one half mile to the south. Four tracks pass through the station, but there is only a single island platform in the center of the tracks;
Purple Line weekday rush hour express service use the outside tracks but do not stop at this station.
History
A temporary station opened at Thorndale in 1915. This was replaced with a permanent station built to a design by architect Charles P. Rawson in 1921 as part of a project by the
Northwestern Elevated Railroad
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to raise the tracks between
Wilson and
Howard
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onto an embankment.
Modernization
Closure of the Thorndale station (along with
Lawrence
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Preparator ...
, and
Jarvis on the Red Line and
South Boulevard and
Foster
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on the Purple Line) was proposed in three of the CTA's six potential options for the renovation of the Purple Line and northern section of the Red Line. In two plans, the station would be replaced by new auxiliary entrances at Glenlake from Granville and Hollywood from Bryn Mawr. In the third, replacement would be by auxiliary entrances at Elmdale from a new subterranean station at Glenlake and at Hollywood from a new station at Bryn Mawr.
Bus connections
CTA
*
36 Broadway
References
External links
Train schedule (PDF)a
CTA official siteThorndale Station PageCTA official siteThorndale Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
CTA Red Line stations
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1915
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