Cermak–McCormick Place station

Cermak–
McCormick Place

2200S
0E

Location

12 E. Cermak Chicago, Illinois

Coordinates

41°51′11″N 87°37′35″W / 41.8531548°N 87.626423°WCoordinates: 41°51′11″N 87°37′35″W / 41.8531548°N 87.626423°W

Owned by

Chicago Transit Authority

Line(s)

Green Line

Red Line

Platforms

2 side platforms (original station)
1 island platform (rebuilt station)

Tracks

2 tracks

Construction

Structure type

Elevated

Disabled access

Yes

History

Opened

June 6, 1892 (original station)
February 8, 2015 (rebuilt station)

Closed

September 9, 1977

Rebuilt

1907, 2013–2015

Previous names

22nd Street (1892–1933)
Cermak (1933–1977)

Traffic

Passengers (2015)

390,789

Rank

125 out of 143

Services

Preceding station		Chicago "L"		Following station
Roosevelt toward Harlem/Lake		Green Line South Side Elevated		35th–Bronzeville–IIT toward Ashland/63rd or Cottage Grove
Roosevelt toward Howard		Red Line Rush period special		35th–Bronzeville–IIT toward Ashland/63rd

Route map

Green Line

north to Harlem/Lake

Cermak Road

23rd St.

Green Line

south to Ashland/63rd and Cottage Grove

Cermak–McCormick Place is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Green Line. The station, designed by Chicago-based Ross Barney Architects and engineered by Primary Consultant T.Y. Lin International, is located at Cermak Road and State Street in the Near South Side neighborhood of Chicago. The station includes three entrances – one on each side of Cermak Road and one at 23rd Street. The main station entrance is built on the north side of Cermak road.

The new station replaced the original Cermak station that opened on June 6, 1892, closed on September 9, 1977, and was demolished in 1978. The new, fully accessible infill station was engineered and constructed into and around the existing, historic elevated rapid transit structure while maintaining full transit service. The station’s signature element is the structural steel tube that serves as a windbreak for passenger boarding areas. Both the former and the new station are situated south of Roosevelt/Wabash and north of 35th–Bronzeville–IIT.

On January 17, 2012, Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel announced at a press conference that the Cermak station would be rebuilt in order to serve McCormick Place. The $50 million investment is also intended to boost the development of residential neighborhoods in the City’s Near South Side and revitalize the adjacent historic Motor Row District. A groundbreaking ceremony for the new station was held on August 29, 2013. The new Cermak-McCormick Place Green Line station opened on February 8, 2015.

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