Howard station (CTA)

Howard is an 'L' station in Chicago, Illinois on the North Side Main Line. It is the northern terminus of the Red Line and the southeastern terminus of the Yellow Line; it also serves the Purple Line, for which it is the southern terminus at non-rush hour times on weekdays and all day on weekends. Trains on the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad (North Shore Line) also stopped at Howard from 1926 until that line was abandoned in 1963.

Howard
 
7600N
1700W
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
General information
Location7519 North Paulina Street
Chicago, Illinois 60626
Coordinates42.019161°N 87.673093°W / 42.019161; -87.673093
Owned byChicago Transit Authority
Line(s)North Side Main Line
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks4
ConnectionsCTA Buses
Pace Buses
Construction
Structure typeEmbankment
Parking 634 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedMay 16, 1908 (1908-05-16)
Rebuilt1921, 1964 (station house remodeled)
200003 (parking garage and bus terminal renovation)
200609 (station reconstruction)
Previous namesHoward Avenue
Passengers
2022835,570 15.4%
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Terminus Red Line Jarvis
Oakton–Skokie Yellow Line Terminus
South Boulevard
toward Linden
Purple Line
Purple Line
Express
Wilson
toward Loop
(Clark/Lake)
Former services
Preceding station Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Following station
Church
toward North Chicago Junction
North Shore Line
Shore Line Route
Wilson Avenue
toward Roosevelt Road
Skokie
toward Milwaukee
North Shore Line
Skokie Valley Route
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Ridge
Closed 1948
toward Dempster
Niles Center branch Terminus
Calvary
Closed 1931
toward Linden
Evanston Line
Location
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