Western (CTA Brown Line)

Western   2400W 4700N
Location	4648 North Western Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60625
Coordinates	41°57′59″N 87°41′18″W / 41.966259°N 87.688448°W / 41.966259; -87.688448
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Brown Line
Platforms	2 Side platforms
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	May 18, 1907
Rebuilt	late 1920s, 1979–81
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,335,294  2.9%
Rank	53 out of 143
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station Rockwell toward Kimball Brown Line Ravenswood branch Damen toward The Loop (Washington/Wells) Brown Line Kimball–Belmont shuttle Damen toward Belmont Brown Line Rush period special (5-7 a.m.) Damen One-way operation Rockwell One-way operation Brown Line Rush period special (7-9 a.m.) Damen toward Midway
Route map Brown Line west to Kimball Western Ave. Brown Line east to Loop

Western is an 'L' station on the CTA's Brown Line. It is an elevated station with two side platforms, located in the Lincoln Square neighborhood. The adjacent stations are Rockwell, which is located about one quarter mile (0.4 km) to the west, and Damen, about one half mile (0.8 km) to the east. Between Western and Rockwell the line descends and runs on surface level tracks for the rest of the route to Kimball.

The station was put into service in 1907 as part of Northwestern Elevated Railroad's Ravenswood line, and has been rebuilt twice since—in the late 1920s, and again from 1979 to 1981. The current station consists of two side platforms, and a central storage line, its platforms were extended in 2006–07 to enable the station to accommodate eight railcars.

Chicago's Berlin Wall Monument is located inside of the station. Chicago was offered a piece of the wall in 2008 by the German government. The city chose to place the monument in the historically German-American Lincoln Square neighborhood. It is dedicated to the citizens of Chicago for helping "secure the freedom" of Berlin.

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