Harrison station (CTA Westchester branch)

HARRISON

10200W
600S
HARRISON 10200W; 600S
Former Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
General information
Location	Harrison Street near Bellwood Avenue; Westchester, Illinois, US
Coordinates	41°52′16″N 87°52′43″W / 41.87104°N 87.87868°W
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
Location
Location

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

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

^ 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

^ ^a ^b ^c Garfield, Graham (2017). "Harrison". Chicago-L.org. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
^ "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.
^ CTA 1979, pp. 20–22
^ CTA 1979, p. 21
^ CTA 1979, p. 22
^ CTA 1979, pp. 22 & 38
^ 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.
^ CTA 1979, p. 14
^ 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.

[9] 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]

[Garfield-1] Garfield, Graham (2017). "Harrison". Chicago-L.org. Retrieved February 9, 2023.

[Tribune_1951-2] "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.

[FOOTNOTECTA197920–22-3] CTA 1979, pp. 20–22

[FOOTNOTECTA197921-4] CTA 1979, p. 21

[FOOTNOTECTA197922-5] CTA 1979, p. 22

[FOOTNOTECTA197922_&_38-6] CTA 1979, pp. 22 & 38

[Skip-stop-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.

[FOOTNOTECTA197914-8] CTA 1979, p. 14

[FOOTNOTECTA19796,_14,_22,_30,_&_38-10] CTA 1979, pp. 6, 14, 22, 30, & 38

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