Schiller was a
station on the
Chicago Transit Authority
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's North Side Main Line, which is now part of the
Brown Line. The station was located at 315 W. Schiller Street in the
Near North Side neighborhood of
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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. Schiller was situated south of
Sedgwick and north of
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, which closed at the same time as Schiller. Schiller opened on May 31, 1900, and closed on August 1, 1949, along with 22 other stations as part of a CTA service revision.
Ridership
In its last full year of service, 1948, Schiller served 164,006 riders, a 1.34 percent increase from the 161,830 riders of 1947. For the part of 1949 it was open, Schiller obtained a ridership of 90,157 patrons. Its 1947 performance made it the 196th-busiest station of the 222 on the Chicago "L" where ridership was recorded, whereas in 1948 it was the 185th-busiest of 223 such stations at the beginning of the year.
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Defunct Chicago "L" stations
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1900
Railway stations closed in 1949
1900 establishments in Illinois
1949 disestablishments in Illinois
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