Ashland/63rd station#Loomis

{{Short description|Chicago "L" station}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

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| image = Ashland63 CTA.jpg

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| address = 6315 South Ashland Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60636

| coordinates = {{coord|41.77943|-87.66393|type:railwaystation_region:US-IL|display=inline, title}}

| type = Chicago 'L' rapid transit station

| name = Ashland/63rd

| style = CTA

| line = Ashland Branch

| other = CTA bus

| structure = Elevated

| platform = 1 island platform

| depth =

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| tracks = 2 tracks

| parking = 20px 235 spaces

| bicycle = Yes

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| opened = {{Start date and age|1969|05|06}}{{cite news|title=Ashland Terminal to Open|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=May 5, 1969|page=3}}

| closed =

| rebuilt =

| electrified =

| accessible = True

| code =

| owned = Chicago Transit Authority

| zone =

| former = Ashland

| pass_year = 2024

| passengers = 191,046{{cite web |title = Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2024 |publisher = Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting|date = January 22, 2025 |url = https://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/6/2024_Annual_Ridership_Report.pdf |accessdate = April 21, 2025 }}

| pass_percent = 16.2

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| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=CTA|line=Green|type=Ashland|right=Halsted|to-right=Harlem/Lake}}

| other_services_header = Former services

| other_services_collapsible = yes

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=CTA|line2=Green|right2=Racine|note-right2=Closed 1994|type2=Englewood|to-right2=Harlem/Lake}}

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Ashland/63rd is an 'L' station and the terminal of the CTA Green Line's Ashland branch, located in the West Englewood neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Situating at 6315 S. Ashland Avenue, the station contains a Park 'n' ride lot with 235 spaces as well as a Kiss 'n' Ride lane. This is one of two stations on the Green Line to be named Ashland. The other station is on the Lake Street branch and is shared between the Green and Pink Lines. The Red Line served this station from May 19, 2013 to October 20, 2013, April 3, 2017 to November 22, 2017, and July 30, 2018 to April 26, 2019.

History

=Loomis=

File:19690200 46 CTA Englewood L @ Loomis Ave..jpg

Loomis was a station on the Englewood branch of the Chicago "L". Although other stations on the Englewood branch opened in stages, the station opened on July 13, 1907, concluding overall construction of the branch.{{Google books|id=fYhPAAAAYAAJ|page=183|title=Chicago Securities - Volume 18}} Despite improvements to the station, it was closed in 1969 when the new Ashland terminal opened two blocks west.{{cite web |title=Chicago L.org: Stations - Loomis Terminal |url=http://www.chicago-l.org/stations/loomis.html |website=www.chicago-l.org}}

=Ashland/63rd=

The Ashland/63rd station opened on May 6, 1969 to replace the Loomis terminal. Though the station itself was not rebuilt during the Green Line renovation in 1994-96, an elevator was added to the station to make it accessible to passengers with disabilities.{{cite web |title=Chicago L.org: Stations - Ashland/63rd |url=http://www.chicago-l.org/stations/ashland-63.html |website=www.chicago-l.org}}

Bus connections

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CTA

  • 9 Ashland (Owl Service)
  • X9 Ashland Express (Weekday Rush Hours only)
  • 63 63rd (Owl Service)

See also

References

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