Schiller was a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's North Side Main Line, which is now part of the Brown Line. The station was located at 315 W. Schiller Street in the Near North Side neighborhood of Chicago. Schiller was situated south of Sedgwick and north of Division, which closed at the same time as Schiller. Schiller opened on May 31, 1900, and closed on August 1, 1949, along with 22 other stations as part of a CTA service revision.[1][2]
SCHILLER 1400N 400W | |||||||||||
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| Former Chicago 'L' rapid transit station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 315 W. Schiller Street Chicago, Illinois | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°54′27″N 87°38′14″W / 41.90762°N 87.63720°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Chicago Transit Authority | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Side Main Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 tracks (2 express) | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | May 31, 1900 | ||||||||||
| Closed | August 1, 1949 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 1948 | 164,006  1.34% (CTA) | ||||||||||
| Rank | 185 out of 223 | ||||||||||
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Ridership
editIn its last full year of service, 1948, Schiller served 164,006 riders, a 1.34 percent increase from the 161,830 riders of 1947. For the part of 1949 it was open, Schiller obtained a ridership of 90,157 patrons.[3] Its 1947 performance made it the 196th-busiest station of the 222 on the Chicago "L" where ridership was recorded, whereas in 1948 it was the 185th-busiest of 223 such stations at the beginning of the year.[a][7]
Notes
edit- ^ Several stations on the Niles Center and Westchester branches were permanently unmanned and thus did not collect ridership statistics.[4] Several stations closed on the "L" during 1948.[5] Exchange station on the Stock Yards branch lacked statistics for 1947 but returned in 1948.[6]
References
edit- ^ Garfield, Graham. "Schiller". Chicago-L.org. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
- ^ "Begin Skip-Stop Runs Monday on North, South 'L'". Chicago Daily Tribune. July 29, 1949. p. A9.
- ^ CTA 1979, p. 6
- ^ CTA 1979, pp. 22 & 38
- ^ Chicago Transit Authority (April 5, 1948). "New Lake Street All-Express "L" Service". Chicago Tribune. Vol. 107, no. 82. p. 7. Archived from the original on February 13, 2022. Retrieved February 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ CTA 1979, p. 14
- ^ CTA 1979, pp. 6, 14, 22, 30, & 38
Works cited
edit- CTA Rail Entrance, Annual Traffic, 1900–1979 (Report). Chicago: Chicago Transit Authority. October 1, 1979.