{{Short description|Chicago "L" station}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox station | custom_header={{Infobox station/Header CTA|name=Kimball|line1=Brown|grid=4800N 3400W|size=.95}} | image=CTA Kimball 060723.jpg | image_size= | address=4755 North Kimball Avenue<br />Chicago, Illinois 60625 | coordinates={{coord|41.967628|-87.712934|type:railwaystation_region:US-IL|display=inline, title}} | style=CTA | line=Ravenswood branch | other= | structure=At-grade | platform=1 island platform<br />1 side platform | levels=1 | tracks=3 | parking=20px 73 spaces | bicycle=Yes | opened={{Start date and age|1907|12|14}} | closed= | rebuilt={{Start date and age|1974}},<br/>2006–{{Start date and age|2007}} (renovated) | electrified= | accessible=Yes | code= | owned=Chicago Transit Authority | zone= | former= | pass_year=2025 | passengers=835,538 <ref>{{cite web |title=Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2025 |url=https://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/6/Monthly_Ridership_2025-12.pdf|publisher=Chicago Transit Authority |access-date=April 22, 2026}}</ref> | pass_percent=-2.8 | pass_rank = <!--46 out of 143--> | pass_system= | services={{Adjacent stations|system1=CTA |line1=Brown|left1=|right1=Kedzie|to-right1=Loop brown }} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 15 | mapframe-marker-color = #62361b | mapframe-marker = rail-metro | map_state = collapsed | route_map={{Routemap|legend=track|inline=1|map= RP2!~POINTERg@fq\\\~~Kimball Ave. RP2xRP4\RP4q\RP4q\RP4q~~Lawrence Ave. RP2\uPENDEa(L)\uPENDEa(RG)\uPENDEa(LG)~~ ~~ ~~{{rint|Chicago|Brown}} ends RP2\uPSTR(L)\uPSTR(R)\uPSTR(L) RP2\uPSTR(L)\uPSTR(R)\uPSTR(L) RP2\uSTR\uKRWg+l\uKRWgr RP2\uKRWgl+l\uKRWgr+r\uSTR RP2!~MFADEf\uSTR!~MFADEf\uSTR!~MFADEf\uSTR!~MFADEf~~ ~~ ~~{{rint|Chicago|Brown}} ''to the Loop'' }} }} '''Kimball''' is an 'L' station and the terminus of the CTA's Brown Line. It is located in Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood. From Kimball, trains run south and then east to {{cta|Kedzie|Brown}}, which is about {{convert|0.33|mi|km}} away. During regular hours trains are scheduled to depart from Kimball every 7–10 minutes, and take about 33 minutes to reach the Loop.
The station and nearby Kimball Avenue are both named after Martin Kimbell, a 19th century farmer who owned land in the area that is today known as Logan Square.<ref>{{cite web |title=Logan Square |url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/761.html |website=www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org |publisher=The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago |access-date=23 October 2022}}</ref>
==History== thumb|left|150px|Kimball destination sign
The original station at Kimball was constructed by the Northwestern Elevated Railroad and opened on December 14, 1907.<ref>{{cite book|last=Borzo|first=Greg|title=The Chicago "L"|year=2007|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-5100-5|page=133}}</ref> This station was demolished and a new station built in its place in 1974. The newly opened station was used for filming for the 1975 film, ''Cooley High''. The station has three tracks which are served by an island platform and a side platform; there is also a train storage yard and a workshop alongside the station.
===Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project=== Although Kimball Station was rebuilt in 1974 it was still upgraded as part of the Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project. The station closed from September 15, 2006<ref>''[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0609020128sep02,1,277965.story?coll=chi-newslocal-hed 2 Brown Line stations to close.]''{{Dead link|date=January 2019}} Chicago Tribune, September 2, 2006</ref> to January 12, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|authorlink=|title=CTA Announces Brown Line Kimball Station to Reopen January 12|publisher=Chicago Transit Authority|url=http://www.transitchicago.com/news/ctaandpress.wu?action=displayarticledetail&articleid=109892|url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521201137/http://www.transitchicago.com/news/ctaandpress.wu?action=displayarticledetail&articleid=109892 |archivedate=May 21, 2008}}</ref> During this closure, the two platforms were extended to support eight railcars, and the station entrance was reconfigured to be accessible to passengers with disabilities.<ref>''[http://ctabrownline.com/kimball.html Kimball Station.]'' CTA Countdown to a New Brown website (URL accessed September 2, 2006).</ref>
==Bus connections== '''CTA''' * {{rint|chicago|bus|81}} Lawrence (Owl Service) * {{rint|chicago|bus|82}} Kimball/Homan
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category|Kimball (CTA)}} * [http://chicago-l.org/stations/kimball.html Kimball Station Page] * [https://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/6/browntt_kimball.pdf Train schedule (PDF)] at [http://www.transitchicago.com/ CTA official site] * [https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9684218,-87.7130008,3a,75y,178.8h,87.68t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sodf-lYUkLnfe2IBZju7e1A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en Lawrence Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View]
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