Roosevelt station (CTA)

Not to be confused with Roosevelt station (LRT), Roosevelt station (CTA Douglas branch), or Roosevelt station (CTA Westchester branch).

Roosevelt is an "L" station on the CTA's Red, Green, and Orange Lines, located between the Chicago Loop and the Near South Side in Chicago, Illinois. It is situated at 1167 S State Street, just north of Roosevelt Road. The station is also the closest "L" station to the Museum Campus of Chicago and Soldier Field, which are about 1⁄2 mile (800 m) to the east. The Museum Campus/11th Street Metra station is also about 1⁄3 mile (500 m) to the east.

Roosevelt   1200S 1E/1W Roosevelt   50E 1200S
Chicago "L" rapid transit station
Red Line subway platform
General information
Location	1167 South State Street Chicago, Illinois 60605
Coordinates	41°52′03″N 87°37′36″W
Owned by	City of Chicago
Line(s)	State Street subway South Side Elevated
Platforms	2 Island platforms (1 Subway, 1 Elevated)
Tracks	4 (2 Subway, 2 Elevated)
Construction
Structure type	Elevated (Orange and Green Lines) Subway (Red Line)
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	June 6, 1892; 132 years ago (1892-06-06) (elevated), October 17, 1943; 80 years ago (1943-10-17) (subway)
Rebuilt	Elevated: 1993 Subway: 1996
Key dates
"L" service ceased	August 1, 1949; 75 years ago (1949-08-01) (elevated)
CNS&M service ceased; closed	January 21, 1963; 61 years ago (1963-01-21) (elevated)
"L" service restored	November 1, 1993; 30 years ago (1993-11-01) (elevated)
Passengers
2022	1,945,837[1]  28.1%
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Subway station Harrison toward Howard Red Line Cermak–Chinatown toward 95th/Dan Ryan Elevated station Halsted One-way operation Orange Line Library Loop-bound terminus Halsted toward Midway Adams/Wabash One-way operation Adams/Wabash toward Harlem/Lake Green Line Cermak toward Ashland/63rd or Cottage Grove
Former services Preceding station Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Following station Congress/Wabash Closed 1949 toward Milwaukee North Shore Line Terminus Congress Terminal Closed 1963 Terminus Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Harrison toward Howard Howard–Englewood–Jackson Park Line 35th–Bronzeville–IIT toward Ashland or Jackson Park Congress/Wabash Closed 1949 toward Loop (Adams/Wabash) South Side Elevated 18th Street Closed 1949 toward 58th Congress Terminal Closed 1949 Terminus
Track layout Legend State St. Red to Howard Green to Harlem/Lake Orange to the Loop Roosevelt Rd. Red south to 95th/Dan Ryan Orange to Midway Green to Ashland/63rd or Cottage Grove
Location

History and description

Elevated station

Green/Orange Line elevated platform

An elevated station at Roosevelt opened on June 6, 1892, as part of the Chicago and South Side Rapid Transit Railroad, the first elevated rapid transit line in Chicago.^[2] From 1919 to 1963, interurban trains of the North Shore Line also used the station. "L" service through the station was discontinued in 1949 when CTA routed all trains from the Englewood and Jackson Park branches through the State Street subway, using the 13th Street portal, forming the North-South Route (a precursor of today's Red Line), and following the bankruptcy of the North Shore Line in 1963 the station was closed completely and demolished. "L" service resumed passing the site of the original station in 1969 when the CTA began to route Dan Ryan trains into the Loop and a new elevated station was constructed in 1993 as part of the construction of the Orange Line.

Immediately south of the station exists a pocket track, which is used to turn trains back to the Loop if any activity, such as construction, is obstructing rail traffic.

Subway station

The subway station at Roosevelt opened on October 17, 1943, as part of the State Street subway.^[3] In 1993, when the new elevated station was constructed it was intended that there should be a direct link to the subway, however, due to lack of money this was not initially built. In 2002, the stations were finally linked as a single facility through the Roosevelt transfer tunnel.

Operations as a terminus

The subway station and elevated station have been used as termini, albeit both on very rare occasions. The elevated station has a reversing track located immediately south of the platform, used only when there is an obstruction between Roosevelt and 35th-Bronzeville-IIT and/or Halsted. The subway station last functioned as a terminus during Ravenswood Connector^[4] construction, when Brown Line trains were rerouted via the State Street subway to Roosevelt. If there is a service obstruction on the Red Line between Cermak-Chinatown and Roosevelt, trains are rerouted via the 13th Street Ramp to the Green Line, therefore negating the need for the station to be a terminus.

Bus connections

CTA^[5]

• 12 Roosevelt
• 18 16th/18th
• 29 State
• 62 Archer (Owl Service)
• 130 Museum Campus (Memorial Day through Labor Day only)
• 146 Inner Lake Shore/Michigan Express
• 192 University of Chicago Hospitals Express (Weekday Rush Hours only)

References

1. "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2022" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. February 2, 2023. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
2. "Running on the "L."". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 7, 1892. p. 9.
3. Shinnick, William (October 17, 1943). "Chicago Underground—A Subway at Last!". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. C1.
4. "Ravenswood Connector Rehabilitation - Improvement projects". CTA. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
5. "Roosevelt". Chicago Transit Authority. Retrieved October 11, 2012.

External links

• Media related to Roosevelt (CTA) at Wikimedia Commons
• Roosevelt Station on the CTA website
• Roosevelt/State station page at Chicago-L.org
• Roosevelt/Wabash station page at Chicago-L.org