Bryn Mawr station (CTA)

Bryn Mawr (pronounced /ˌbrɪnˈmɑːr/ from Welsh for "big hill") is an 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line. It is located at 1119 West Bryn Mawr Avenue in the Bryn Mawr Historic District of the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The adjacent stations are Thorndale, located about one half mile to the north, and Berwyn, about three eighths of a mile to the south. Four tracks pass through the station, but there is only a single island platform in the center of the tracks; Purple Line weekday rush hour express service use the outside tracks but do not stop. The name "Bryn Mawr" comes from the SEPTA Regional Rail (and former PRR Main Line) station located northwest of Philadelphia in the community of the same name. The name came to the area in the 1880s by Edgewater developer John Lewis Cochran,[2] and is Welsh for "Big Hill."

Bryn Mawr   5600N 1200W
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
Location	1119 West Bryn Mawr Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60660
Coordinates	41.983572°N 87.658862°W
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	North Side Main Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Embankment
Bicycle facilities	Yes
History
Opened	May 16, 1908
Rebuilt	1921, 1974
Previous names	Edgewater
Passengers
2019	1,390,206[1]  6.9%
Rank	45 out of 143
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Thorndale toward Howard Red Line Berwyn toward 95th/Dan Ryan
Former services Preceding station Milwaukee Road Following station North Edgewater towards Llewellyn Park Chicago – Evanston Argyle Park towards Chicago
Track layout Purple Line Express north to Linden Red Line north to Howard Temporary platform for station reconstruction Bryn Mawr Ave. Purple Line Express south to Loop Red Line south to 95th/Dan Ryan

History

A depot on the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad Evanston route was constructed at Bryn Mawr in about 1886.[3] When the Northwestern Elevated Railroad was extended north from Wilson in 1908, taking over from Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, they opened a station at Bryn Mawr called Edgewater Station. This station was rebuilt to a design by architect Charles P. Rawson when the tracks between Wilson and Howard were elevated onto an embankment in 1921 – the name was changed to Bryn Mawr soon after.[4] The station was extensively renovated in 1974, and an escalator was added. In 2006, the signage at Bryn Mawr was replaced, and three-sided pylons which display maps and schedules were installed in the station house and on the platform.

Services

Bryn Mawr is used by passengers traveling between the Edgewater neighborhood and other parts of Chicago. The station is open 24 hours a day. Trains service Bryn Mawr every four to ten minutes on weekdays, and every six to ten minutes on weekends. Nighttime "owl" service operates every 15 minutes or more.

The station house at Bryn Mawr is located on the south side of Bryn Mawr Avenue. An auxiliary exit is on the opposite side of the street. Outside of the station house are three granite compass roses to help exiting passengers orient themselves. The fare controls at Bryn Mawr are located at ground level inside the station house; past the fare controls, passengers take stairs or an escalator to the island platform. Bicycle storage is available at Bryn Mawr.

Red & Purple Modernization Project

The Bryn Mawr station will be rebuilt as part of this project, The station will receive new wider platforms, new signage, new lights, new security cameras, and new elevators, reconstruction will begin in 2021 and will completed by the end of 2024.[5][6][7]

Bus connections

CTA

• 36 Broadway [8]
• 84 Peterson [9]

Notes and references

Notes

References

1. "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2019" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 13, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
2. "Cochran's Third Addition to Edgewater". Edgewater Historical Society. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
3. Bryn Mawr - The Historical Perspective. The Edgewater Historical Society (URL accessed September 24, 2006).
4. Bryn Mawr. Chicago-"L".org (URL accessed September 24, 2006).
5. https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2021/1/28/22254437/cta-red-line-station-designs-unveiled-modernization-project/
6. https://www.timeout.com/chicago/news/the-cta-offers-a-sneak-peek-of-four-redesigned-red-line-stations-012821
7. https://transitchicago.com/rpm/lawrmawr/
8. https://www.transitchicago.com/bus/36/
9. https://www.transitchicago.com/bus/84/

External links

• Train schedule (PDF) at CTA official site
• Bryn Mawr Station Page CTA official site
• Bryn Mawr Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View