Brown Line (CTA)

The Brown Line of the Chicago "L" system, is an 11.4-mile (18.3 km) route with 27 stations between Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood and downtown Chicago. It runs completely above ground and is almost entirely grade-separated. It is the third-busiest 'L' route, with an average of 28,315 passengers boarding each weekday in 2022.

Brown Line
A Brown Line train of 3200 series cars
Overview
StatusOperating
LocaleChicago, Illinois, United States
Termini
Stations27
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemChicago "L"
Operator(s)Chicago Transit Authority
Depot(s)Kimball Yard
Rolling stockMixed 2600-series and 3200-series
8 car trains (typical, maximum)
Daily ridership28,315 (avg. weekday in 2022)
History
OpenedAugust 1, 1949 (Current operation)
Technical
Number of tracks2
CharacterElevated and At-Grade Level
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Minimum radius90 feet (27 m)
ElectrificationThird rail, 600 V DC
Operating speed40 mph (64 km/h)
Route map
Brown Line highlighted in brown
Kimball
Kedzie
Francisco
Rockwell
Western
UP-N to Kenosha
Damen
Ravenswood
Montrose
Irving Park
Addison
UP-N to Ogilvie
Paulina
Southport
Purple Express
to Linden
Red to Howard
Belmont
Wellington
Diversey
Fullerton
Armitage
Sedgwick
Chicago
Grand
demolished 1970
Merchandise Mart
Clark/Lake
State/Lake
Blue to O'Hare
Lake
Randolph/Wells
closed 1995
Randolph/Wabash
demolished 2017
Washington/Wells
Washington/
Wabash
Madison/Wells
demolished 1994
Madison/Wabash
demolished 2015
Quincy
Adams/Wabash
LaSalle/Van Buren
Library
Bus connections at all open stations except
Kedzie, Francisco, Rockwell, Southport, and Wellington.

Before CTA lines were color-coded in 1993, the Brown Line was known as the Ravenswood Route; specifically, the series of stations from Belmont to Kimball were called the Ravenswood branch. Accordingly, the Kimball-Belmont shuttle service was called the Ravenswood Shuttle.

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