Morse station

Morse
File:Morse station 2012.jpg
Location	1358 West Morse Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60626
Coordinates
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Embankment
Bicycle facilities	Yes
History
Opened	May 16, 1908
Rebuilt	1921, 2012
Previous names	Rogers Park, Morse-Rogers Park
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,636,238  1.2%
Rank	42 out of 143
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station Jarvis toward Howard Red Line Loyola toward 95th/Dan Ryan
Route map Legend Purple Line Express north to Linden Red Line north to Howard File:BSicon uDSTR-R.svg Lunt Ave. x20px Morse Ave. Purple Line Express south to Loop Red Line south to 95th/Dan Ryan

Morse is an 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line. It is located at 1358 West Morse Avenue in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The station was formerly known as Rogers Park or Morse-Rogers Park. There is an entry/exit from the north end of the platform to Lunt Avenue.

History

The station was first constructed in 1908, and rebuilt in 1921 as the line was elevated. This mostly brick and concrete station remains today, although the station was extensively renovated in 2012. The wooden platform was replaced with a new concrete platform, and the interior of the Morse Ave. station house was completely gutted and rebuilt. During this time, the station house was also expanded into an unused adjacent retail space. Shortly after this renovation, an empty storefront adjacent to the Lunt Ave. exit was demolished, and a bicycle parking lot was constructed in its place.

The Rogers Park Metra commuter railroad station is five blocks to the west of Morse station on Lunt Avenue.

There are several businesses that are also housed in the building containing the station. Under the Morse Avenue viaduct are Morse El Liquors and Leni Blumyin, DPM. The remaining storefront under the Lunt Ave. exit at the north end of the station is currently empty. The Heartland Cafe is across the street from the Lunt Ave. exit.

Stroller controversy

File:Morse CTA northbound railing.jpg

A northbound train enters the station, passing close to the metal guardrail. The stroller is alleged to have struck a similar railing as the train left the station.

File:Morse CTA southbound railing.JPG

The southbound railing has been replaced during the investigation.

On November 2, 2009, an incident occurred at the Morse station involving a child in a stroller that is under some dispute. Ebere Ozonwu claims that as she was rushing to catch a southbound train, pushing her daughter ahead of her in a stroller, the train's doors closed on the stroller and dragged it, eventually flinging her daughter onto the gravel at the end of the platform and carrying the stroller away. Traces of paint found on the stroller, possibly from the guardrail at the end of the platform, seem to confirm this story, but the operator claims that the doors were carefully checked and the train could not have moved if the doors were not closed.

Bus connections

CTA

• #96 Lunt
• #155 Devon

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Train schedule (PDF) at CTA official site
• Morse Station Page at Chicago-L.org
• Morse Station Page CTA official site
• Lunt Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Morse Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View