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| Location | 3940 NorthSheridan Road Chicago,Illinois 60613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°57′14″N87°39′19″W / 41.953883°N 87.655269°W /41.953883; -87.655269 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Chicago Transit Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | North Side Main Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | May 31, 1900; 125 years ago (1900-05-31) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1916, 1930 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2024 | 850,053[1]  2.9% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sheridan is an'L' station on theCTA'sRed Line. It is an elevated station with twoisland platforms, located at 3940 North Sheridan Road, in theLakeview neighborhood ofChicago'sLakeviewcommunity area. Sheridan is the closest 'L' stop toGraceland Cemetery, which is about one-half mile to the west on Irving Park Road. The Sheridan station is one of only two remaining 'L' stations that were built on S-curves;Indiana on theGreen Line is the other.Purple Line weekday rush hour express service use the outside tracks but only a certain number of them stop at this station when theChicago Cubs have weekday evening home games or other events atWrigley Field scheduled.
Beginning spring 2007, northbound and southbound Purple Line Express trains stop at Sheridan beforeChicago Cubs weekday night games in order to provide more service toWrigley Field, less than a mile from the station. Previously, trains had stopped at theAddison station to the south but that station does not have platform access to the express tracks as Sheridan does, which required Purple Line trains to cross over to the Red Line tracks. In order to prevent this from adding to delays caused by the Brown Line reconstruction, the stop was moved to Sheridan.[2]
Sheridan also sees frequent use by Red Line passengers traveling to and fromWrigley Field, since Addison is often crowded after Cubs games.
As part of theRed & Purple Modernization Project, the Sheridan station was proposed to be replaced with a new Irving Park station if the CTA decides not to go with the "no action" alternative.[3]
From March 6, 2015 until October 23, 2017, all Loop-boundPurple Line express trains shared tracks with 95th-bound Red Line trains (and stopped during AM rush hours), due to theWilson station reconstruction.[4]
The station has two island platforms—potentially giving access to all four tracks that run through the station. Red Line trains stop on the inner tracks at all times, and Purple Line Express trains pass through the station via the outer tracks.
