18th (CTA)

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18th

Coordinates:	1800S, 1700 W
Lines:	Pink; Blue
Platforms:	2
Opened:	1896 (rebuilt 1993)
2005 passenger entrances:	320,783 36%

18th is an 'L' station on the CTA's Pink Line; it is also served by Blue Line trains at peak times. It is loceted at 1710 West 18th Street in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The station is decorated with colorful murals painted by local artists from Pilsen.

[edit] History

18th Station opened on 28 April 1896 as part of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad's Douglas Park branch^[1]. In 1993 the original station was demolished and rebuilt. On June 25, 2006, the 18th station, along with all other stations on the 54/Cermak branch of the Blue Line, became part of the Pink Line. Rather than continuing east on the Blue Line through the Dearborn subway to O'Hare north of the Polk station, trains run north over a section of track on Paulina Avenue, connecting with the Green Line west of the Ashland station and then circling clockwise around the Loop before returning to 54/Cermak via the same route. During weekday rush periods, two trains per hour maintain the original routing scheme.