Garfield (CTA Green Line station)

Garfield   5500S 320E
Location	320 East Garfield Boulevard Chicago, Illinois 60615
Coordinates	41°47′40″N 87°37′06″W / 41.79454°N 87.61835°W / 41.79454; -87.61835
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Green Line   Red Line
Platforms	2 Side platforms
Tracks	2 tracks
Connections	CTA bus
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Parking	117 Spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	October 12, 1892
Rebuilt	2000–01, 2018–19
Previous names	55th Street
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	473,620  2.1%
Rank	114 out of 143
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station 51st toward Harlem/Lake Green Line Englewood Branch Halsted toward Ashland/63rd 51st toward Howard Red Line Rush period special 51st toward Harlem/Lake Green Line Jackson Park Branch King Drive toward Cottage Grove   Former services   51st toward Harlem/Lake Green Line South Side Elevated 58th toward Ashland/63rd or University
Route map Green Line north to Harlem/Lake Garfield Blvd. Green Line south to Ashland/63rd and Cottage Grove

Garfield is one of two stations on Garfield Boulevard in Chicago. It serves the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system's Green Line. It is situated at 320 E Garfield Boulevard in the Washington Park neighborhood. It opened on October 12, 1892. This station is the southernmost Green Line station served by both of the Green Line's branches: south of Garfield, the Green Line splits into two branches, one terminating at Ashland/63rd, and one at Cottage Grove.

Another station on Garfield Boulevard, in the median of the Dan Ryan Expressway, serves the Red Line. During the closure of the Dan Ryan branch of the Red Line from May through October 2013, Garfield station served as the terminus of several temporary bus routes in order to mitigate the effects of the closure. Each of the bus routes transferred passengers from the sites of closed Red Line stations south of 69th street to Garfield station, where fares were waived while the Red Line remained closed.

This is the 'L' stop nearest to the University of Chicago and the Museum of Science and Industry, although still more than two miles away from the Museum. People looking to go to either of these destinations can take the 55 bus.

One station entrance is the oldest entrance on the CTA system. The entrance closed in 2000 and was filled in with cement in 2013. The front of the entrance remains. In June 2017, the University of Chicago announced plans to renovate the interior and reopen the former station entrance as a part of their Arts Block complex.