Polk (CTA station)

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Polk
File:Polk CTA Station.jpg
Location 1713 West Polk Street
Chicago, Illinois 60612
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Platforms 2 Side platforms
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Bicycle facilities Yes
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened April 28, 1896
Rebuilt 1983
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 957,736[1]Increase 1.6%
Rank 75 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station
toward 54th/Cermak
Pink Line
toward The Loop
Route map
Pink Line
north to Loop
Polk St.
Pink Line
south to 54/Cermak

Polk is an 'L' station on the Pink Line of the Chicago Transit Authority. It is adjacent to Rush University Medical Center within the Illinois Medical District in the Near West Side community area.

History

Polk Station opened on April 28, 1896, as part of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad's Douglas Park branch.[2] In 1983 the original station was demolished and rebuilt. A Dunkin' Donuts was added to the station in September 2004.[3]

Bus connections

CTA

  • #7 Harrison
  • #157 Streeterville/Taylor

Pace

  • #755 Plainfield-IMD Express

Notes and references

Notes

  1. Due to possible double-counting of physically-connected stations, the CTA's official 2014 tally of stations was 145, but for ridership purposes reported having only 143 stations.

References

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  2. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. http://www.chicago-l.org/stations/polk.html

External links

Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons

File:Polk cta-Think Pink.JPG
An older sign at the station with the name "Polk/Medical Center."


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