Argyle (CTA station)

Argyle   5000N 1200W
Location	1118 West Argyle Street Chicago, Illinois 60640
Coordinates	41°58′24″N 87°39′31″W / 41.973365°N 87.658561°W / 41.973365; -87.658561
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Red Line
Platforms	1 Island platform
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Embankment
History
Opened	Chicago & Evanston Railroad: May 21, 1885 Northwestern Elevated Railroad: May 16, 1908
Rebuilt	1921, 2012
Previous names	Argyle Park
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,078,620  0.1% (CTA)
Rank	68 out of 143
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station Berwyn toward Howard Red Line North Side Main Line Lawrence toward 95th/Dan Ryan Red Line Rush period special Lawrence toward Ashland/63rd
Route map Purple Line Express north to Linden Red Line north to Howard Argyle St. Purple Line Express south to Loop Red Line south to 95th/Dan Ryan

Argyle is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system. It is situated between the Berwyn and Lawrence stations on the Red Line, which runs from Rogers Park at Chicago's northern city limits, through downtown Chicago, to Roseland. It is an elevated station with a single island platform located at 1118 West Argyle Street in the West Argyle Street Historic District of Chicago's Uptown community area.

Argyle is situated on W. Argyle Street, close to the intersection with Broadway. The station is located in the West Argyle Street Historic District in the Uptown community area of Chicago; the area surrounding the station consists of a mixture commercial and residential areas, and is particularly noted for the high concentration of Vietnamese restaurants, bakeries and shops; as well as Chinese, Cambodian, Laotian, and Thai businesses.

The site of Argyle station was first used as Argyle Park on the Chicago and Evanston branch of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad route, which opened on May 21, 1885. On opening, the station houses along the route were described as "attractive frame structures built in the Gothic and Queen Anne styles." In 1908, the Northwestern Elevated Railroad was extended north from Wilson, using the tracks of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, and a new station was constructed on the site of the previous depot. The station was again rebuilt to a design by architect Charles P. Rawson when the tracks between Wilson and Howard were elevated onto an embankment between 1914 and 1922. In 1979, the station received a $250,000 facelift and, in 1991, a Chinese-style hipped-and-gabled roof was added to the platform canopy. The station was closed for renovation from August 24 to October 5, 2012.