Morse (CTA)

Morse
Location	1358 West Morse Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60626
Coordinates	42°00′29″N 87°39′57″W / 42.00819°N 87.66595°W / 42.00819; -87.66595
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Red Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Embankment
Parking	Street parking
Bicycle facilities	Yes
History
Opened	May 16, 1908
Rebuilt	1921, 2012
Previous names	Rogers Park, Morse-Rogers Park
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,636,238  1.2%
Rank	42 out of 143
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station Jarvis toward Howard Red Line Loyola toward 95th/Dan Ryan
Route map Purple Line Express north to Linden Red Line north to Howard Lunt Ave. Morse Ave. Purple Line Express south to Loop Red Line south to 95th/Dan Ryan

Morse is an 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line. It is located at 1358 West Morse Avenue in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The station was formerly known as Rogers Park or Morse-Rogers Park. There is an entrance/exit on West Morse Avenue, as well as an exit on Lunt Avenue.

The station was first constructed in 1908, and was rebuilt in 1921 as the line was elevated. This mostly brick and concrete station remains today, although the station was extensively renovated in 2012. The wooden platform was replaced with a new concrete platform, and the interior of the Morse Avenue station house was completely gutted and rebuilt. During this time, the station house was also expanded into an unused adjacent retail space. Shortly after this renovation, an empty storefront adjacent to the Lunt Avenue exit was demolished, and a bicycle parking lot was constructed in its place.

Each year since 2001 the Glenwood Arts Festival, has been held on Glenwood Avenue, which includes live music, pop-up art shops, and local food vendors.

On November 2, 2009, an incident occurred at the Morse station involving a child in a stroller; the incident is under some dispute. Ebere Ozonwu claimed that as she was rushing to catch a southbound train, pushing her daughter ahead of her in a stroller, the train's doors closed on the stroller and dragged it, eventually flinging her daughter onto the gravel at the end of the platform and carrying the stroller away. Traces of paint found on the stroller, possibly from the guardrail at the end of the platform, seemed to confirm this story, but the operator claimed that the doors were carefully checked and the train could not have moved if the doors were not closed.

The Morse station is at the heart of the Rogers Park neighborhood on Chicago's North Side. The station is ¹⁄₂ mile (0.80 km) east of the Rogers Park Metra commuter railroad station on Lunt Avenue and ¹⁄₂ mile (0.80 km) west of Lake Michigan.

Several businesses are housed in the building containing the station. Under the Morse Avenue viaduct are Morse El Liquors and Leni Blumyin.

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