RAPID TRANSIT FACILITIES

ELEVATED RAILROAD SHOPS

Prior to rapid transit unification, the four elevated railroad companies each had their own shops buildings.

South Side Elevated Railroad - 61st Street, on Jackson Park line.

Lake Street Elevated Railroad - Hamlin Avenue.

Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad - Racine Avenue.

Northwestern Elevated Railroad - Wilson Avenue. The CTA continued to use the Wilson Avenue Shops for various purposes until 1996, the shops buildings burned down on October 26, 1996.

CTA RAPID TRANSIT TERMINALS

The CTA's main rail shops are presently in Skokie at 3701 W. Oakton St., along the Yellow Line. The shops were built by the Chicago Rapid Transit Co. in 1927, consolidating functions previously performed at the shops of the four separate elevated railroad companies. Routine maintenance is performed at the terminals at the ends of each line.

LINDEN AVE.
Purple Line
Opened in 1912
Yard Capacity: 76 cars

HOWARD ST.
Red/Purple/Yellow Line
Opened in 1993
Yard Capacity: 282 cars

98TH ST. (DAN RYAN)
Red Line
Opened in 1969/rehabbed 1993
Yard Capacity: 234 cars

ROSEMONT
Blue Line
Opened in 1983
Yard Capacity: 144 cars

DES PLAINES AVE. (FOREST PARK)
Blue Line
Opened in 1958/rehabbed 1964
Yard Capacity: 122 cars

54TH AVE.
Pink Line
Opened in 1958/rehabbed 1975
Yard Capacity: 100 cars

HARLEM AVE.
Green Line
Opened in 1962
Yard Capacity: 132 cars

RACINE AVE. (63RD ST.)
Green Line
Opened in 1907/rehabbed early 1970's
Yard Capacity: 220 cars

61ST ST.
Green Line
Opened in 1892/rehabbed 1993
Not used as yard

KIMBALL AVE.
Brown Line
Opened in 1907/rehabbed 1993
Yard Capacity: 136 cars

MIDWAY
Orange Line
Opened in 1993

Some information is from the 1998 Fact Book of the Regional Transportation Authority.