Grand (CTA Blue Line station)

Grand   500N 800W
Location	502 North Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60622
Coordinates	41°53′28″N 87°38′51″W / 41.891189°N 87.647578°W / 41.891189; -87.647578Coordinates: 41°53′28″N 87°38′51″W / 41.891189°N 87.647578°W / 41.891189; -87.647578
Owned by	City of Chicago
Line(s)	Blue Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Subway
Depth	35 ft
Bicycle facilities	Yes
History
Opened	February 25, 1951
Closed	February 9, 1992 – June 25, 1999
Rebuilt	1999, 2007
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	883,831  9.2% (CTA)
Rank	81 out of 143
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station Chicago toward O'Hare Blue Line Milwaukee–Dearborn Subway Clark/Lake toward Forest Park Chicago toward Jefferson Park or Rosemont Blue Line Rush period and weekends Clark/Lake toward UIC–Halsted
Route map Blue Line northwest to O'Hare Blue Line southeast to Forest Park

Grand (or Grand and Milwaukee in station announcements) is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Blue Line, at Grand Avenue, Halsted Street and Milwaukee Avenue in the southeast corner of the West Town neighborhood. It is also located within the Fulton River District.

Grand opened in 1951 as part of the Milwaukee-Dearborn Subway. The Milwaukee-Dearborn Subway was the second subway line in Chicago's Loop since the State Street Subway opened 8 years earlier in 1943.

Starting in 1982, Grand was closed during night and weekend hours as a cost savings measure due to low ridership. By 1992, the station was only serving 850 passengers a day, and, as a result, the CTA closed the station on February 9, due to its low ridership and a budget crisis. While the station was closed, the five stairways to the subway platform became garbage-strewn, and the station fell into disrepair. On April 21, 1999, the CTA decided to reopen Grand due to population growth in the area around the station. After some refurbishment, Grand reopened on June 25, 1999 at 6:00 a.m.

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