35th–Bronzeville–IIT (CTA station)

35th–Bronzeville–IIT
View northwest from the station, toward IIT's State Street Village.
Location	16 East 35th Street Chicago, Illinois 60616
Coordinates	41°49′54″N 87°37′33″W / 41.831677°N 87.625826°W
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Green Line
Platforms	1 Island platform
Tracks	2 tracks
Connections	CTA buses   Rock Island District Jones/Bronzeville
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	June 6, 1892
Rebuilt	1965, 1996
Previous names	35th Street, Tech-35th
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	666,184[1]  5.2%
Rank	95 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station Cermak–McCormick Place toward Harlem/Lake Green Line Indiana toward Ashland/63rd or Cottage Grove
Route map Legend Green Line north to Harlem/Lake 34th St. 35th St. Green Line south to Ashland/63rd and Cottage Grove

35th–Bronzeville–IIT (formerly Tech–35th) is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, located in the Chicago, Illinois neighborhood of Douglas and serving the Green Line. It is situated at 16 E 35th Street, just east of State Street.

The station opened on June 6, 1892.^[2] In October 1962, the station, then known as "Tech-35th", caught fire. The northbound platform was destroyed, and service between the adjacent Cermak and Indiana stations was suspended for four days. The station operated using temporary platforms until its renovation in 1965.

Currently, the station serves the historic neighborhood of Bronzeville as well as the Illinois Institute of Technology campus, including Shimer College, which is located immediately across State Street from the station. The station also serves Guaranteed Rate Field, though the Red Line station of Sox–35th is closer. In April 2011, a new Metra station opened between the two CTA stations, providing a convenient transfer point for those traveling to and from the suburbs.

The station features a farecard-only entrance at 3400S, on what would normally be 34th Street.

Walt Disney worked here as a guard and gate man as a teenager in 1918.^[3][4][5]

Gallery

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  Tunnel just before the station at 33rd Street, over the MTCC of IIT's Main Campus.

Bus connections

CTA

• 29 State
• 31 31st
• 35 31st/35th

Notes and references

Notes

1. Due to possible double-counting of physically-connected stations, the CTA's official 2015 tally of stations was 146, but for ridership purposes reported having only 143 stations.

References

1. "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2015" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 11, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
2. "Running on the "L."". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 7, 1892. p. 9.
3. Jim Korkis (2013-05-22). "Chicago Walt". MousePlanet. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
4. Patrick T. Reardon (2006-11-21). "Disney in Chicagoland". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
5. Werner Weiss (2008-12-05). "Walt Disney in Chicago". Yesterland. Retrieved 2013-12-21.

External links

• 35th–Bronzeville–IIT Station Page
• 35th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View