Diversey station

Diversey is an 'L' station on the CTA Brown Line; Purple Line express trains also stop at the station during weekday rush hours. It is an elevated station with two side platforms, located in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Red Line trains pass through the station on the middle tracks, but do not stop.

Diversey   2800N 1000W
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
Location	943 West Diversey Parkway Chicago, Illinois 60614
Coordinates	41.932748°N 87.653155°W / 41.932748; -87.653155
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	North Side Main Line
Platforms	2 Side platforms
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	June 9, 1900
Rebuilt	2007–08
Traffic
Passengers (2019)	1,651,007[1]  2.8%
Rank	36 out of 143
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Wellington toward Kimball Brown Line Fullerton toward Loop (Washington/Wells) Wellington toward Linden Purple Line Express Fullerton toward Loop (Clark/Lake)
Former services Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Wellington toward Howard North Side Main Line Wrightwood Closed 1949 toward Loop (Randolph/Wells) or North Water Terminal
Track layout Brown Line and Purple Line Exp. north to Kimball and Linden Red Line north to Howard Diversey Pkwy. Brown Line and Purple Line Exp. south to Loop Red Line south to 95th/Dan Ryan

History

Diversey station opened on June 9, 1900,[2] as a local station on the original Northwestern Elevated Railroad route from Lake and Wells in downtown to Wilson Station.[3] From the late 1940s Diversey became a station on the Ravenswood route (now the Brown Line). Purple Line express trains began stopping at the station in 1998 as part of an effort to help alleviate congestion on the Brown Line.[4]

Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project

Diversey station in October 2006, prior to reconstruction

Diversey was reconstructed and renovated as part of the Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project.[5] The new station is located on the south side of Diversey Parkway, and the current location (the north side) was preserved and restored (the future use of the restored original station building is currently unknown). An auxiliary exit is located next door to the original building. It features extended platforms capable of berthing eight railcars, and elevators to meet ADA accessibility requirements. It also retains many of its historic elements. On June 25, 2007, the station closed for reconstruction. The station reopened with a temporary entrance (located next door to the original entrance) on March 30, 2008. The new permanent station entrance opened on August 4, 2008.

Bus connections

CTA

• 76 Diversey

Notes and references

Notes

References

1. "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2019" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 13, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
2. "Boys Meddle with "L" Track". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 7, 1900. p. 12.
3. Diversey Chicago-"L".org (URL accessed October 8, 2006).
4. About The Brown Line. CTA Countdown To A New Brown website (URL accessed October 8, 2006).
5. Diversey. CTA Countdown To A New Brown website (URL accessed October 8, 2006).

External links

Media related to Diversey (CTA) at Wikimedia Commons

• Train schedule (PDF) at CTA official site
• Diversey Parkway entrance from Google Maps Street View