Granville (CTA station)

Granville
Location	1119 West Granville Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60660
Coordinates	41°59′37″N 87°39′33″W / 41.993731°N 87.659148°W / 41.993731; -87.659148
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Red Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Embankment
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	May 16, 1908
Rebuilt	1921, 1980, 2012
Previous names	North Edgewater
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,405,376  1%
Rank	51 out of 143
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station Loyola toward Howard Red Line Thorndale toward 95th/Dan Ryan
Route map Purple Line Express north to Linden Red Line north to Howard Granville Ave. Purple Line Express south to Loop Red Line south to 95th/Dan Ryan

Granville is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Red Line, part of the Chicago 'L' rapid transit system. It is located at 1119 West Granville Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. It is in the Edgewater neighborhood, close to the Rogers Park border. From Granville, trains take 36 minutes to reach the Chicago Loop.

Granville Station was opened as North Edgewater in 1908. The station was rebuilt in 1921, and the name was changed to Granville. The current station dates to 1980 when an escalator and elevator were added.

A police station, jointly administered by Loyola University Chicago, the Chicago Transit Authority, and the Chicago Police Department was opened outside the Granville station on March 13, 2006.

As part of an $86 million rehabilitation project on the Red Line, the Granville station closed on June 1, 2012 for renovation. The project lasted approximately one month. Other north side stations were renovated following Granville's completion. The Granville station reopened at 10 p.m. on July 13, 2012.

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