CTA Red, Brown & Purple Lines at Armitage Station & Tower, Night of 14.12.10

Armitage is where CTA's Red Line rises on a ramp out of the subway section of the line and up onto the elevated portion for its run north to Howard Street. It does not stop here however, running on the North Side Main Line's express (centre) tracks to Fullerton, then skipping the Brown/Purple Lines' Diversey and Wellington stops to Belmont. The Brown Line (and Purple Line/Evanston Express at rush hours in both directions) elevated tracks join the Red Line tracks from the subway here, and trains on those lines stop here.

Armitage Tower is built into the southbound platform, and controlled train movements through the junction from 1943 when the State Street Subway was completed, until 1968, after Ravenswood trains and Evanston Expresses stopped running south of Belmont at all times but the rush, and North Shore Line trains no longer ran, and the Interlocking was converted to hand-throw operation. In the late '90s, with higher service levels reinstated on the Brown Line and Evanston Expresses, the interlocking was rebuilt and reconfigured, with control being from a small relay north of the station. Since the late '60s, the tower has been used only as a CTA field office.

Here on a December evening, the rush hour progresses as standing-room-only trains bypass the stop out of the subway, and stop to load and unload. Also seen is a view from an arriving Brown Line train being outpaced by a Red Line train heading into the subway, plus some views of the street around the station, and its interior with public art.

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[GuitarHeroMaster634]

I didn't see any Purple Line Express Trains NOTE: They only run on weekdays. On weekends they only run from Linden to Howard.

[Nachtwolf1]

@GuitarHeroMaster634 I know they do. And there is one briefly at 02:25

[shumacwilder]

And...?

[Nachtwolf1]

@shumacwilder And nothing.

[GuitarHeroMaster634]

@Nachtwolf1 oh i saw one now my bad

[classicalman114]

@shumacwilder Dipshit.

[shumacwilder]

WHAT?!

[orkidluver97]

Lincoln Park is a fantastic neighborhood.