Irving Park

Belmont

Addison

3600N
3600W

Addison is the first intermediate stop on the blue line extension in the median of the Kennedy Expressway (I-90 & I-94) that the Blue Line uses all the way out to O'Hare Airport and opened on February 1, 1970. The station has a single island platform that is completely covered by a canopy that has a bubble roof. There is one exit at the southern end of the platform, here a staircase and escalator lead up a small fare control building at street level where the turnstiles are and out to the north side of Addison Street.
All Photos Taken on 3 July, 2013

The station is in an open trench of the busy Kennedy Expressway

An older generation directional sing, the empty space under Forest Park is 54/Cermak covered up

Up to the exit

The station's one entrance

Looking down at the tracks just before the platform

Down to platform level

Car #2962 going to O'Hare stops, a slight walk down the platform from the entrance

Approaching the exit-less end of the platform

The train is faster than the parallel traffic jam

Train #2654 approaches the station

Last Updated: 16 September, 2013
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