Harrison station (CTA Westchester branch)
Former Chicago "L" station
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Harrison was a rapid transit station on the Chicago "L" between 1926 and 1951 located on the Westchester branch.
Westchester, Illinois, US[1]
Chicago Rapid Transit Company (1926–1947)
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Harrison Street near Bellwood Avenue Westchester, Illinois, US[1] | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41.87104°N 87.87868°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Chicago Transit Authority (1947–1951) Chicago Rapid Transit Company (1926–1947) | ||||||||||
| Line | Westchester branch | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | October 1, 1926 | ||||||||||
| Closed | December 9, 1951 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 1948 | 38,630  22.36% (CTA) | ||||||||||
| Rank | 215 out of 223 | ||||||||||
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History
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.[a][9]
Notes
- 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]