Berwyn station (CTA)

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Berwyn is an 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line. It is located at 1121 West Berwyn Avenue in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.[2] The adjacent stations are Bryn Mawr, located about 38 mile (0.60 km) to the north, and Argyle, about 13 mile (0.54 km) to the south. Four tracks pass through the station, but there is only single island platform in the center of the tracks; Purple Line weekday rush hour express service uses the outside tracks but does not stop at this station. Berwyn is named for the Berwyn station in the community of the same name, which is west of Philadelphia. Many of the roads (and thus CTA stations) in the Edgewater neighborhood are named after stations on the former Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line.[3]

Location1121 West Berwyn Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60640
Coordinates41.977833°N 87.658683°W / 41.977833; -87.658683
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Berwyn
 
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The rebuilt Berwyn station on opening day
General information
Location1121 West Berwyn Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60640
Coordinates41.977833°N 87.658683°W / 41.977833; -87.658683
Owned byChicago Transit Authority
LineNorth Side Main Line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
History
Opened1916; 110 years ago (1916)
Rebuilt1921, 2012, 202125
Previous namesEdgewater Beach
Passengers
2020406,530[1]Decrease 59.9%
Rank57 out of 143
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Bryn Mawr
toward Howard
Red Line Argyle
     Purple Line does not stop here
Location
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History

Station platform prior to reconstruction

The Northwestern Elevated Railroad extended its services north from Wilson to Central Street in Evanston in 1908, but they did not build a station at Berwyn Avenue until the tracks between Wilson and Howard were elevated onto an embankment between 1914 and 1922. This new station was built to a design by architect Charles P. Rawson; the date of opening is not known, but a station may have existed at Berwyn by 1916.[2] At the time of its opening the station was named Edgewater Beach Station; the name was changed to Berwyn in the late 1950s,[4] around the time that Lake Shore Drive was extended from Foster Avenue to Hollywood Avenue destroying the namesake Edgewater Beach.[5]

Red & Purple Modernization Project

Berwyn station as of May 2025

As part of Phase I of the Red & Purple Modernization Project, the station closed for demolition beginning on May 16, 2021 and a newly constructed station reopened on July 20, 2025. The new station features wider platforms, better lighting, and is now accessible to passengers with disabilities.[6][7][8][9]

Bus connections

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