CTA – Granville

Home stop for 2yrs. Love the Granville el stop. Super convenient with escalator, elevator, n stairs. It’s an el stop so, no, I wouldn’t eat off the floor but it’s far from a dump. The people who work at this stop are also really friendly, nice, and helpful

It’s my home stop. Clean and efficient. And the Red Line runs 24 hours. Three turnstiles and it has stairs, elevator, and escalator going up to the platform.
Ventra vending machines on your right, and a small convenience stand all inside you. They have the monitors on ground and platform levels with arriving train times and a monitor in the lobby for the #36 bus on Broadway just to the west.

One should not expect too much when paying their city taxes.
This would be one example.
Their are bums, people who are bummed out and then people who dress like they are bums so how are we supposed to know who is who?
Thank the lord or your higher power that this well lit most of the time.
The CTA is good when you can find them on their 12 hour cig break.
The Berwyn L Stop is much nicer and safer… The Loyola stop well that is another story for another time

Clean.
Friendly CTA Staff.
Not a big fan of the placement of the exit stairs.
But hey, can’t complain, this stop is a lot nicer then other stops I’ve been to around the city.

If you live near the G-​ville stop, this is hands down the best way to travel. I mean sure, you’re just too far south for the express train south, and way too far north for a quick trip to the loop, but hey, at least you’re not riding the bus like the filthy bus-​riding peasants!
(Also a fun game, see how many times you can walk back and forth in front of it before the crying panhandling lady catches on. My record is three.)

it’s a «EL» stop what is there to be said ?
i use the elevator often which is a plus for me !

clean and accessible, newer elevator and rarely smells like urine!!!

My somewhat negative opinion of the Edgewater neighborhood became outrageously skewed by one experience that began at the Granville El platform and ended with a frenzied dash into my apartment on Glenwood and the panicked thought of «Oh God, oh God, did he see which building I walked into???» I was shocked by the shadiness that happened at Granville because it had always seemed like a fairly innocuous stop, as far as Red Line stops go, so who knew? But anyway, this is what happened:
It was a Friday evening around 7:45ish. I’d stayed downtown to have a couple drinks with co-​workers so I was getting home a little later than usual. As I walked out of the Granville stop and started walking towards Broadway, a strange man in a van pulled up next to me and offered to give me a ride. I was thinking to myself, «are you kidding?!? You’re nuts if you think I’m getting into a van with a complete stranger!» But I said, «no thanks. I’m good.» He accepted that a little too easily and drove off.
I crossed Broadway and kept on my way. He must have circled the block or something because all of a sudden, the same guy pulls up next to me again and says, «have you changed your mind? I’d really like to give you a ride.» And again, I said, «no, I’m really ok, but thanks.» He was like, «are you sure?» And I said, «yeah, I’m sure. Have a good night.» This time I watched him when he drove off. He turned at the first opportunity and I got this eerie feeling that he was circling the block again.
He was. When he showed up the third time, he asked me AGAIN if I wanted to go for a ride in his van. Then he told me that he didn’t have any plans for Friday night and wanted to take me out to dinner. I told him that I already had dinner plans with my roommate, that I was almost home and that I did not need a ride. He smiled at me and then slowly drove away. As soon as he was out of sight, I ran. It occurred to me that I was easier to spot on the sidewalk so I ducked in between two buildings at one point and was debating whether I could get home through alleyways or what when I saw the van driving slowly by, the strange man looking on both sides of the street for me. Once he was out of sight, I panicked thoroughly and in an all-​out sprint, ran the last two blocks to my apartment and dashed inside.
Very spooky.