Bryn Mawr station (CTA)

Bryn Mawr
 
5600N
1200W
Rebuilt platform on reopening day
General information
Location1119 West Bryn Mawr Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60660
Coordinates41°59′01″N 87°39′32″W / 41.983572°N 87.658862°W / 41.983572; -87.658862
Owned byChicago Transit Authority
LineNorth Side Main Line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedMay 16, 1908 (1908-05-16)
Rebuilt1921, 1974, 2021–25
Previous namesEdgewater
Passengers
2024537,773  16.6%
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Thorndale
toward Howard
Red Line Berwyn
     Purple Line does not stop here
Former services
Preceding station Milwaukee Road Following station
North Edgewater
toward Llewellyn Park
Chicago – Evanston Argyle Park
toward Chicago
Location

Bryn Mawr is an 'L' station on the Chicago Transit Authority's (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 12 mile (0.8 km) to the north, and Berwyn, about 38 mile (0.6 km) to the south. Four tracks pass through the station, with an island platform in the center of the tracks; Purple Line weekday rush hour express trains pass through the station on the outer tracks, but do not stop. The name "Bryn Mawr" comes from the SEPTA Regional Rail (and former Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line) station located northwest of Philadelphia in the community of the same name. The name was given to the area in the 1880s by Edgewater developer John Lewis Cochran; it is Welsh for "Big Hill".