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{{Short description|Chicago "L" station}}
{{About|the Addison station on the CTA Red Line|other uses|Addison (disambiguation)#Transit{{!}}Addison}}
{{use mdy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox station
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| image = Northbound tracks at Addison.jpg
| image_caption = 
| image_size = 
| address = 940 West [[Addison Street]]<br />Chicago, Illinois 60613
| coordinates = {{coord|41.947462|-87.653636|type:railwaystation_region:US-IL|display=inline, title}}
| style = CTA
| line = [[North Side Main Line (CTA)|North Side Main Line]]
| other = 
| structure = Elevated
| platform = 1 [[island platform]]
| levels = 
| tracks = 	4
| parking = 
| bicycle = Yes
| opened = {{start date and age|1900|06|06}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Boys Meddle with "L" Track |newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune |date=June 7, 1900 |page=12}}</ref>
| closed = 
| rebuilt = 1994
| electrified = 
| accessible = yes
| code = 
| owned = [[Chicago Transit Authority]]
| zone = 
| former = 
| pass_year = 2024
| passengers = 1,979,053<ref>{{cite web |title=Annual Ridership Report &ndash; Calendar Year 2024 |url=https://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/6/2024_Annual_Ridership_Report.pdf |publisher=[[Chicago Transit Authority]] |access-date=April 6, 2025 |date=January 22, 2025}}</ref>
| pass_percent = 6.9
| pass_rank = <!--12 out of 143 (2021)-->
| pass_system = 
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=CTA|line1=Red|left1=Sheridan|right1=Belmont
|line2=Purple|nonstop2=yes}}
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services_collapsible = yes
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=CTA|line=NSML|left=Grace|note-left=Closed 1949|right=Clark|note-right=Closed 1949}}
| mapframe = yes
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'''Addison''' is a [[Chicago "L"]] [[metro station|station]] on the [[Chicago Transit Authority]] [[Red Line (CTA)|Red Line]]. It is located in the Wrigleyville area of the [[Lakeview, Chicago|Lakeview]] neighborhood of [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], at 940 West Addison Street with city block coordinates at 3600 North at 940 West.  Addison directly serves [[Wrigley Field]], home of [[Major League Baseball]]'s [[Chicago Cubs]]. The station is within the shadow of the historic baseball stadium, which was built with convenient access to the "L" in mind.

Following Cubs games, this station can become heavily crowded; many fans often use the next station to the north, [[Sheridan station (CTA)|Sheridan]]. [[Purple Line (CTA)|Purple Line]] weekday rush hour express service use the outside tracks but do not stop at this station.

==Transit art==
Chicago artist Steve Musgrave has several murals featuring Cubs legends on display at the Addison station, which he adopted as part of the CTA's Adopt-A-Station program in 1998.  Four large murals feature Cubs legends [[Billy Williams (left fielder)|Billy Williams]], [[Ferguson Jenkins]], "Mr. Cub," [[Ernie Banks]] and [[Ryne Sandberg]].<ref>[http://www.transitchicago.com/news/default.aspx?Archive=y&pg=79&ArticleId=1296 Red Line Customers Score a Commemorative Poster at Cubs–Sox Crosstown Series]. Chicago Transit Authority.  2003-06-19.  Retrieved on 2010-07-03.</ref> A smaller painting of [[Harry Caray]] was added later.

Since 1998, Musgrave has also designed posters commemorating the annual Cubs–Sox crosstown series.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/CTAConnections#p/u/0/laZltDLUxAQ Cubs–Sox Crosstown Series – CTA Connections – June 2010 – Chicago Transit Authority]. Chicago Transit Authority.  2010-06-01.  Retrieved on 2010-07-03.</ref> Beginning in 2003, the CTA has also issued farecards featuring the poster design.<ref>[http://www.transitchicago.com/news/default.aspx?ArticleId=1307 CTA to Issue Commemorative Fare Card For Cubs–Sox Crosstown Series]. Chicago Transit Authority.  2003-06-02.  Retrieved on 2010-07-03.</ref>

==Service==
[[File:Addison "L" Station.jpg|left|thumb|The station seen from an aerial view with Wrigley Field visible on the right.]]
Prior to 2007, southbound afternoon [[Purple Line (Chicago Transit Authority)|Purple Line Express]] trains stopped at the station before weekday evening Cubs games, to speed travel times for customers from [[Evanston, Illinois|Evanston]], [[Skokie, Illinois|Skokie]] and [[Wilmette, Illinois|Wilmette]].  In an effort to prevent delays due to Brown Line construction just south of the station, Purple Line Express trains now stop at the nearby Sheridan station instead.<ref>[http://www.transitchicago.com/news/ctaandpress.wu?action=displayarticledetail&articleid=114251 CTA Provides Service to Wrigley Field This Baseball Season] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025121952/http://www.transitchicago.com/news/ctaandpress.wu?action=displayarticledetail&articleid=114251 |date=2007-10-25 }}.  Chicago Transit Authority.  2007-04-05.  Retrieved on 2007-05-21.</ref>

From March 5, 2015 to March 21, 2016, AM [[The Loop (CTA)|Loop]]-bound [[Purple Line (Chicago Transit Authority)|Purple Line]] express trains shared 95th-bound Red Line tracks and stopped at Addison. This was due to the first phase of the [[Wilson station (CTA)|Wilson]] station reconstruction.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.transitchicago.com/wilson/service/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527015133/http://www.transitchicago.com/wilson/service/ |archive-date=2015-05-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Bus connections==
'''[[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA]]'''
* 22 Clark (Owl Service)
* 152 Addison

'''[[Pace (transit)|Pace]]'''
* 282 Rolling Meadows–Wrigley Field Express
* 779 Hillside–Wrigley Field Express

== References ==

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==External links==
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* [http://www.chicago-l.org/stations/addison-howard.html Addison (Howard Line) station page] at Chicago-L.org
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090106072440/http://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/redline_schedules/Addison.pdf Train schedule (PDF)] at [http://www.transitchicago.com/ CTA official site]
*[http://www.transitchicago.com/travel_information/station.aspx?StopId=17 Addison station page] [http://www.transitchicago.com/ CTA official site]
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=41.947258,-87.653646&spn=0.003774,0.013733&z=17&layer=c&cbll=41.947257,-87.653791&panoid=mjUi4tH7cVhK0eSI3zei3w&cbp=12,41.23,,0,0.98 Addison Street entrance from Google Maps Street View]
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