CTA – Division Blue Line

There is a convenient PNC ATM here. The trains are consistently on time. Don’t count on getting a seat past 8:15 AM Monday — Friday.

If you’ve made it here you’ve found the underground Division Blue Line stop. Conveniently located like many CTA stations the Division stop picks you up or drops you off at a busy area. Though it can be quite a wait for a train at 4 am out to O’hare. Don’t worry, just take out your phone and make some Vine videos to pass the time. I would say this stop isn’t any dirtier than regular CTA stations. If you’re getting off at Division you are either a local or you know where you’re going. Most people just get off at Clark and Lake and wander from there. It is always fun watching the people get off at their respective stops. If you pay attention the crowd getting on and off changes dramatically from Division to Damen and even from Damen to California and Logan Square.

Eh, the actual platform is a little dingy and could use somework. However the mid level where you pay your fare is kinda cool because there are pictures from back when the station was new.
There are also entrances on both sides of Ashland which is quite convenient.

this place is sweet! there are always a ton of attractive people, it’s really trendy and casual, and everyone is really friendly and outgoing

Its the home station. Only complaint… too many stairs. I. HATE. STAIRS.
Other than that, its always clean enough, never wait long. Its a concrete cave in the middle of this city. what do you want me to say?
Oh, I like the guy that runs the conveinence store. He is alright. lol.

Amy and Jill went down the hill, to get to the Division Blue Line station. Jill fell down and broke her crown… er…ankle…and Amy did her best to console her. So there they sat, while the CTA employee was fast to act, and the EMT’s tried to put Jill back together.
Many thanks to the CTA employee at this station for her care and attention.

Great central location (Milwaukee, Ashland and Division buses ready to whisk you away if needed) but the terminal itself is pretty dingy and borders on gross.
Instead of painting and repainting the bars and columns, how about resurface the archway where the buses roll in at? I’m pretty sure there are stalactites forming and I feel like I’m breathing in fungus when down there.
But it’s a Blue Line so I dont usually have to wait that long for a train. USUALLY.

Does the job, though it could be better.
The walls and floor are dirty, it often smells like urine, and the intercom/​loudspeaker often crackles with a deafening roar.
If the CTA scrubbed the place down and fix the loudspeaker it would make this station so much better

I have to give a shout out to the Division Blue Line stop, because I have this philosophy that no good deed should go unnoticed.
I must have picked up the wrong card today, because when I put it in the slot, it said I only had $ 1 on it. I had just rid of all of my cash a moment earlier, so I was pretty much stuck miles away from home. It was cold and raining outside and I couldn’t get a hold of my roommate (who I later found out was sleeping) with hopes of picking me up.
Lucky me, there are still good-​hearted people in the world. The worker at this station had watched my frustration, and came over and handed me a one dollar bill. You’re probably thinking– why didn’t he just let you through the gate? — there were CTA higher-​ups lurking around and I’m sure that would have been frowned upon. So that dollar just came from the goodness of his own heart, and was just what I needed to get home. He had no reason to help me out like that, but his good deeds are inspirational to me. Thank you blue line Division St. Worker :)

The only thing missing from this stop is a couple of meat hooks to dangle Jane Does from. Pretty creepy and kind of a bummer, but hey, it works. All I ask from my subway platforms is that they serve their purpose with relative efficiency, and it does.

Thank you Division Blue Line stop — for providing me with shelter during the tornado earlier this month.
It’s 8 o’clock the night of the huge storm, I was waiting around in front of the Aldo for my friend. I’m hanging out and I hear the severe weather/​tornado siren. It’s cool, I’m not worried — the weather isn’t so bad… yet.
My friend shows up and as soon as we start walking towards Division the sky opens up, lightning is all around, suddenly the wind starts circling at the Milwaukee/​Ashland intersection, garbage is swirling around and it’s raining cats and dogs. We were going to tough it out in the rain and run to a bar, but I got scared. A metal gate at the stairs leading down to the station is banging against the railing and I’m convinced the wind is going to rip that thing off.
I’m in a bit of a panic and want to find shelter — immediately. Hello underground Blue Line station! We end up hanging out in the station for about 45 minutes waiting for the storm to pass. Water was gushing down the stairs, people getting off the train tried to brave the weather but ended up coming back down the stairs to the station, there was a girl sobbing on her cell phone and a crazy homeless man yelling random facts about storms, lightning and tornados. It was a good time.
Thanks for keeping me safe, CTA.

I’m pretty sure the Division stop is actually a serial killer’s basement, and the Blue Line just happens to pass through it.