Harrison station (CTA Westchester branch)

Harrison was a rapid transit station on the Chicago "L" between 1926 and 1951 located on the Westchester branch.

HARRISON   10200W 600S
Former Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
General information
Location	Harrison Street near Bellwood Avenue Westchester, Illinois, US[1]
Coordinates	41.87104°N 87.87868°W / 41.87104; -87.87868
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority (1947–1951) Chicago Rapid Transit Company (1926–1947)
Line(s)	Westchester branch
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
History
Opened	October 1, 1926
Closed	December 9, 1951
Passengers
1948	38,630  22.36% (CTA)
Rank	215 out of 223
Former services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Roosevelt toward Mannheim/22nd Westchester branch Bellwood toward Des Plaines
Location

History

The Westchester branch opened on October 1, 1926, with a station on Harrison Street.^[1] It continued in service until replaced by bus service on December 9, 1951.^[2]

Station details

The station was at ground level, with a Craftsman- and Prairie School-influenced station house with exterior stucco walling and an island platform.^[1]

Ridership

Throughout its existence, ridership statistics were collected at Harrison for only four years: 1933 and 1946–1948.^[3] In 1933, Harrison collected 5,160 passengers.^[4] For the last three years in which station-specific Westchester ridership statistics were collected, Harrison served a respective 21,375, 49,758, and 38,630 patrons.^[5] Its 1947 performance made it the third-least patronized of 222 "L" stations that were at least partially staffed, ahead of only Campbell and Randolph/Market on the Lake Street Elevated, while in 1948 it was the 215th-busiest of 223 such stations.^[a][9]

Notes

1. Several other stations on the Westchester branch, as well as the Niles Center branch, were permanently unstaffed and thus did not collect ridership statistics.^[6] Several stations closed on the "L" during 1948.^[7] Exchange station on the Stock Yards branch discontinued statistics after 1946, but adjacent Racine station began collecting them in 1948.^[8]

References

1. Garfield, Graham (2017). "Harrison". Chicago-L.org. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
2. "Revise Douglas and Garfield "L" Service Dec. 9". Chicago Tribune. Vol. 110, no. 288. December 1, 1951. p. 4. Retrieved February 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
3. CTA 1979, pp. 20–22
4. CTA 1979, p. 21
5. CTA 1979, p. 22
6. CTA 1979, pp. 22 & 38
7. Chicago Transit Authority (April 5, 1948). "New Lake Street All-Express "L" Service". Chicago Tribune. Vol. 107, no. 82. p. 7. Archived from the original on February 13, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
8. CTA 1979, p. 14
9. CTA 1979, pp. 6, 14, 22, 30, & 38

Works cited

• CTA Rail Entrance, Annual Traffic, 1900–1979 (Report). Chicago: Chicago Transit Authority. October 1, 1979.