Английская Википедия:Grand station (CTA Red Line)
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:About Шаблон:Infobox station Grand, (Grand/State in station announcements) is an "L" station on the CTA's Red Line. It serves Navy Pier, which is accessible via bus on Illinois Street one block south.
Location
The first stop north of the Chicago River on the Red Line, Grand station is located in the River North neighborhood of the city. More specifically, it lies underneath North State Street at its intersection with Grand Avenue. Due to its central location, it is close to a number of landmarks in Chicago, with Navy Pier to the east and the Merchandise Mart (which has its own station on the Brown and Purple Lines).
History
Grand opened on October 17, 1943, as part of the State Street subway,[1] which forms the central portion of what is now the Red Line between Шаблон:Cta and Шаблон:Cta stations.
During the 1950s, the CTA implemented skip-stop service throughout the "L" system. Under this service pattern, Grand station was designated as AB along with all other downtown stations (on the Red Line, those stops south of Шаблон:Cta and north of Шаблон:Cta were given AB designations).[2] As a result, all trains stopped at these stations. The skip-stop service was discontinued due to budget cuts in the 1990s.
Renovation
In line with other downtown stations, Grand station underwent renovation from 2007 until 2012. The project doubled the station's capacity through a Шаблон:Convert mezzanine expansion as well as widening stairways and adding elevators.[3] The final cost for the renovation was $73.6 million.[4]
Unlike most State Street subway stations, Grand uses a side platform configuration with two tracks. This setup does exist, however, at Chicago/State and Шаблон:Cta stations. There are entrances from street level at all corners of the intersection of North State Street and Grand Avenue. One level below street level lies a mezzanine containing fare control, while the platforms are located beneath the mezzanine.
Operations and connections
In the era immediately before the State Street subway opened, Grand Avenue had a streetcar service from either Harlem Avenue or Western Avenue (cars alternated between them) in the west to Navy Pier in the east.Шаблон:Sfn However, service was cut back from Navy Pier on September 28, 1941, and the tracks were removed on August 14, 1943.Шаблон:Sfn Buses began supplementing streetcar service to serve the Grand stations on the North Side Main Line and the State Street subway and relieve streetcar congestion, the service was extended to the entirety of the route on December 4, 1949; buses would replace streetcars altogether on April 1, 1951.Шаблон:Sfn
- 29 State
- 36 Broadway
- 65 Grand
Other
- Navy Pier Trolley (May–September Only)[5]
References
Works cited
External links
- Grand/State Station Page on the CTA official site
- Grand/State Station Page at Chicago-L.org
- Grand Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
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