Cicero (CTA Green Line station)
For other 'L' stations on the Chicago Transit Authority named Cicero, see Cicero (disambiguation)#CTA stations.
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Location |
4800 West Lake Street Chicago, Illinois 60644 | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°53′11″N 87°44′41″W / 41.886519°N 87.744698°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Chicago Transit Authority | ||||||||||
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Platforms | 1 Island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 tracks | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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Opened | March 3, 1894 | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1996 | ||||||||||
Previous names | 48th Avenue | ||||||||||
Traffic | |||||||||||
Passengers (2014) | 513,581[1] 12.6% | ||||||||||
Rank | 109 out of 143[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||||
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Cicero is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Green Line. It opened on March 3, 1894,[2] and serves the Austin neighborhood on Chicago's West side. Until 1948, the next station towards the Chicago Loop was Kostner Station. The station is 24 blocks east and 2 blocks north of Harlem.
Station layout
P Platform level |
Westbound | ← Green Line toward Harlem/Lake (Laramie) |
Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
Eastbound | → Green Line toward Ashland/63rd or Cottage Grove (Pulaski) → | |
G | Street level | Entrance/Exit |
Bus connections
- #54 Cicero
Notes and references
Notes
- ↑ Due to possible double-counting of physically-connected stations, the CTA's official 2014 tally of stations was 145, but for ridership purposes reported having only 143 stations.
References
- ↑ "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2014" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority Ridership Analysis and Reporting. March 5, 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ↑ "Patronage of the "L" Is Growing". Chicago Daily Tribune. March 7, 1894. p. 8.
External links
- Cicero(Lake Street Line) Station Page
- Cicero Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Kilpatrick Avenue closed entrance from Google Maps Street View