Howard station (CTA)

Howard   7600N 1700W
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
General information
Location	7519 North Paulina Street Chicago, Illinois 60626
Coordinates	42°01′09″N 87°40′23″W / 42.019161°N 87.673093°W / 42.019161; -87.673093
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	North Side Main Line
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	CTA Buses Pace Buses
Construction
Structure type	Embankment
Parking	634 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	May 16, 1908; 116 years ago (1908-05-16)
Rebuilt	1921, 1964 (station house remodeled) 2000–03 (parking garage and bus terminal renovation) 2006–09 (station reconstruction)
Previous names	Howard Avenue
Passengers
2022	835,570[1]  15.4%
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Terminus Red Line Jarvis toward 95th/Dan Ryan Oakton–Skokie toward Dempster–Skokie Yellow Line Terminus South Boulevard toward Linden Purple Line Purple Line Express Wilson toward Loop (Clark/Lake)
Former services Preceding station Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Following station Church toward North Chicago Junction North Shore Line Shore Line Route Wilson Avenue toward Roosevelt Road Skokie toward Milwaukee North Shore Line Skokie Valley Route Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Ridge Closed 1948 toward Dempster Niles Center branch Terminus Calvary Closed 1931 toward Linden Evanston Line
Track layout Legend Purple to Linden Yellow to Dempster–Skokie Yard leads omitted Howard St. Red Yellow end Purple end ( Purple Express continues south ) Rogers Ave. Purple Express to the Loop Red to 95th/Dan Ryan
Location

Howard is an 'L' station in Chicago, Illinois on the North Side Main Line. It is the northern terminus of the Red Line and the southeastern terminus of the Yellow Line; it also serves the Purple Line, for which it is the southern terminus at non-rush hour times on weekdays and all day on weekends. Trains on the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad (North Shore Line) also stopped at Howard from 1926 until that line was abandoned in 1963.