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| Address: | 2009 South Western Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60608 | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 41.8542°N -87.6851°W | ||||||||
| Type: | Chicago 'L' rapid transit station | ||||||||
| Style: | CTA | ||||||||
| Line: | Cermak Branch | ||||||||
| Other: | at Western Avenue CTA Buses | ||||||||
| Structure: | Elevated | ||||||||
| Platform: | 1 island platform | ||||||||
| Tracks: | 2 | ||||||||
| Rebuilt: | 2002– | ||||||||
| Accessible: | True | ||||||||
| Owned: | Chicago Transit Authority | ||||||||
| Pass Year: | 2022 | ||||||||
| Passengers: | 223,641[1] | ||||||||
| Pass Percent: | 18.9 | ||||||||
| Other Services Header: | Former services | ||||||||
| Other Services Collapsible: | yes | ||||||||
| Mapframe: | yes | ||||||||
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Western is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Pink Line. It is located in the Heart of Chicago and Heart of Italy neighborhoods in the Lower West Side community area. The station was originally built in 1896 as part of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad's Douglas Park branch. It was rebuilt around 1935, and again between 2002 and 2004. It is located near Metra's Western Avenue & 18th Place station on the BNSF Line.