[2] Kedzie Station was originally constructed in 1907 as part of Northwestern Elevated Railroad's Ravenswood line.
The new station, which opened on August 16, 2006, can support eight railcars, and is accessible to passengers with disabilities.
[3] This station was the site of a fatal 1977 accident involving an intoxicated Korean immigrant who was electrocuted by the third rail while attempting to urinate on the track.
The CTA was found 50 percent responsible and the $1.5 million judgment against them was eventually affirmed by the Illinois Supreme Court in 1992.
[4] The majority opinion, signed by Justice Charles E. Freeman, noted that there was evidence before the trial court that this particular stretch of railroad line is one of the only railroad lines in the United States that uses an unprotected, unguarded, and unfenced third rail.