Racine station (CTA Blue Line)

Racine is an 'L' station on the CTA's Blue Line. The station serves the Near West Side neighborhood and the western end of the UIC campus.

Racine
 
1200W
430S
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
Location430 South Racine Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60607
Coordinates41.87592°N 87.659458°W / 41.87592; -87.659458
Owned byChicago Transit Authority
Line(s)Forest Park Branch
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeExpressway median
History
OpenedJune 22, 1958
Traffic
Passengers (2019)622,690[1] 8.3% (CTA)
Rank92 out of 143
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Illinois Medical District Blue Line
UIC–Halsted
toward O'Hare
Former services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Polk Blue Line UIC–Halsted
toward O'Hare
Track layout
Blue Line
to O'Hare
Racine Ave.
Loomis St.
Blue Line
to Forest Park

History

The station opened on June 22, 1958 and is almost identical to every other station built in the median of the Eisenhower Expressway, including an island platform, a small station house on Racine's and Loomis's overpass containing only a ticket booth and turnstiles and a long passageway ramp connecting the two.

Service

Racine sits at the base of the Loomis ramp, a double-tracked viaduct that rises from the expressway to join the Douglas Branch north of Polk station. Prior to April 28, 2008, the Blue Line split into two branches here. Trains to Forest Park continued west in the Congress Expressway, while the other trains took the Loomis Ramp to the Douglas branch to operate to 54th/Cermak. After April 28, 2008, the Douglas Branch service was discontinued and replaced by the Pink Line. Although the Loomis Ramp no longer is used for revenue service, it remains intact as the only track connection between the Blue Line and the rest of the system, allowing for non-revenue equipment moves. When construction or another means of traffic obstruction occurs on the Pink Line between Polk and Ashland, trains are routed via the Loomis Ramp to Racine, where they terminate.

Location

The station is located at 430 South Racine Avenue and gives access to the University Village neighborhood and the western end of the UIC campus. It is in the Eisenhower Expressway median at surface level. The Loomis Street entrance to the Racine station is located near Whitney M. Young Magnet High School and Andrew Jackson Language Academy.

Bus connections

CTA

  • 7 Harrison (Weekdays only)
  • 60 Blue Island/26th (Owl Service)
  • 126 Jackson

Pace

  • 755 Plainfield/IMD Express (Weekday Rush Hours only)

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.
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