HARRISON
 
10200W
600S
Former Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
General information
LocationHarrison Street near Bellwood Avenue
Westchester, Illinois, US[1]
Coordinates41°52′16″N 87°52′43″W / 41.87104°N 87.87868°W / 41.87104; -87.87868
Owned byChicago Transit Authority (1947–1951)
Chicago Rapid Transit Company (1926–1947)
Line(s)Westchester branch
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
History
OpenedOctober 1, 1926
ClosedDecember 9, 1951
Passengers
194838,630 Decrease 22.36% (CTA)
Rank215 out of 223
Former services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Roosevelt
toward Mannheim/22nd
 Westchester branch Bellwood
toward Des Plaines
Location

Harrison was a rapid transit station on the Chicago "L" between 1926 and 1951 located on the Westchester branch.

History

The Westchester branch opened on October 1, 1926, with a station on Harrison Street.[1] It continued in service until replaced by bus service on December 9, 1951.[2]

Station details

The station was at ground level, with a Craftsman- and Prairie School-influenced station house with exterior stucco walling and an island platform.[1]

Ridership

Throughout its existence, ridership statistics were collected at Harrison for only four years: 1933 and 1946–1948.[3] In 1933, Harrison collected 5,160 passengers.[4] For the last three years in which station-specific Westchester ridership statistics were collected, Harrison served a respective 21,375, 49,758, and 38,630 patrons.[5] Its 1947 performance made it the third-least patronized of 222 "L" stations that were at least partially staffed, ahead of only Campbell and Randolph/Market on the Lake Street Elevated, while in 1948 it was the 215th-busiest of 223 such stations.[lower-alpha 1][9]

Notes

  1. ↑ Several other stations on the Westchester branch, as well as the Niles Center branch, were permanently unstaffed and thus did not collect ridership statistics.[6] Several stations closed on the "L" during 1948.[7] Exchange station on the Stock Yards branch discontinued statistics after 1946, but adjacent Racine station began collecting them in 1948.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Garfield, Graham (2017). "Harrison". Chicago-L.org. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Revise Douglas and Garfield "L" Service Dec. 9". Chicago Tribune. Vol. 110, no. 288. December 1, 1951. p. 4. Retrieved February 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ CTA 1979, pp. 20–22
  4. ↑ CTA 1979, p. 21
  5. ↑ CTA 1979, p. 22
  6. ↑ CTA 1979, pp. 22 & 38
  7. ↑ 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 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ CTA 1979, p. 14
  9. ↑ CTA 1979, pp. 6, 14, 22, 30, & 38

Works cited

  • CTA Rail Entrance, Annual Traffic, 1900–1979 (Report). Chicago: Chicago Transit Authority. October 1, 1979.
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