Logan Square station

For the demolished elevated terminal, see Logan Square station (CTA Logan Square branch).

Logan Square is a subway station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Blue Line and the Logan Square neighborhood. It was the terminus of the Milwaukee Elevated until it was extended to Jefferson Park in 1970 via the Kennedy Expressway. From Logan Square, trains run at intervals of 2–7 minutes during rush-hour periods, and take 14 minutes to travel to the Loop.^[2] O'Hare bound trains take 26 minutes to reach the airport.

Logan Square   3200W 2600N
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
Station platform from the Spaulding entrance
General information
Location	2620 North Kedzie Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60647
Coordinates	41°55′47″N 87°42′31″W / 41.929728°N 87.708541°W / 41.929728; -87.708541
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Kimball Subway (O'Hare Branch)
Platforms	1 Island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Subway
Depth	29 ft (8.8 m)
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	February 1, 1970; 54 years ago (1970-02-01)
Rebuilt	2000–2001; 23 years ago (2001) (Elevator added, minor renovations)
Passengers
2022	1,023,332^[1]  38.6%
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Belmont toward O'Hare Blue Line California toward Forest Park
Track layout Legend Blue to O'Hare Blue to Forest Park
Location

History

 

Station house

The current subway station replaced an older elevated station that opened in 1895 as part of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated line. The older Logan Square station was the terminal of the West-Northwest Route (the predecessor to the Blue Line) until 1970, when the line was extended via the Kennedy Expressway to Jefferson Park.

Station Layout

Logan Square features a mezzanine with faregates at each end of the platform, one at Kedzie Avenue at the southeast end of the platform and the other at Spaulding Avenue at the northeast end. The Kedzie Avenue mezzanine is fully staffed, has farecard vending machines, and has two entrances: a larger one on the north side of the intersection of Kedzie and Milwaukee Avenues with a bus stop and elevator, and a smaller one on the south side of that intersection. The Spaulding Avenue mezzanine is usually unstaffed and does not have farecard vending machines, and has an entrance on either side of Milwaukee Avenue. The platform itself is significantly longer than the length of a train, with trains stopping at the southeast end of the platform closest to the Kedzie Avenue entrance, leaving a significant portion of the platform at the northwest end that is not directly served by trains.

The layout of the station is similar to Belmont, the next station to the northwest, but unlike Belmont, Logan Square has a mezzanine at each end of the platform, while Belmont only has a single entrance and single mezzanine. Logan Square also has an elevator at the Kedzie entrance, while Belmont does not have any elevators.

Bus connections

CTA

• 56 Milwaukee
• 76 Diversey

References

1. "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2022" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. February 2, 2023. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
2. "Blue Line Trains" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority. 8 November 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2021.

External links

• Logan Square Station Page
• Kedzie Avenue Bus Terminal entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Kedzie Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Spaulding Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View