Sheridan station (CTA)

Sheridan   4000N 1000W
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
General information
Location	3940 North Sheridan Road Chicago, Illinois 60613
Coordinates	41°57′14″N 87°39′19″W / 41.953883°N 87.655269°W / 41.953883; -87.655269
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	North Side Main Line
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4 (two temporarily out of service) [1]
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	May 31, 1900; 124 years ago (1900-05-31)
Rebuilt	1916, 1930
Passengers
2022	714,841[2]  33.4%
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Wilson toward Howard Red Line Addison toward 95th/Dan Ryan      Purple Line does not stop here
Former services Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Buena Closed 1949 toward Howard North Side main line Grace Closed 1949 toward Loop (Randolph/Wells) or North Water Terminal
Track layout Legend Purple Express to Linden Red to Howard Purple Express does not stop Sheridan Road Purple Express to the Loop Red to 95th/Dan Ryan
Location

Sheridan is an 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line. It is an elevated station with two island platforms, located at 3940 North Sheridan Road, in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago's Lakeview community area. Sheridan is the closest 'L' stop to Graceland Cemetery, which is about one-half mile to the west on Irving Park Road. The Sheridan station is one of only two remaining 'L' stations that were built on S-curves; Indiana on the Green Line is the other. Purple Line weekday rush hour express service use the outside tracks but only a certain number of them stop at this station when the Chicago Cubs have weekday evening home games scheduled.