18th (CTA station)

18th
Location 1710 West 18th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60608
Coordinates 41°51′29″N 87°40′09″W / 41.857955°N 87.669178°W / 41.857955; -87.669178
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)
  Pink Line
Platforms 2 Side platforms
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Bicycle facilities Yes
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened April 28, 1896
Rebuilt 1991–93
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 636,897[1] Increase 6.4%
Rank 102 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station
toward 54th/Cermak
Pink Line
toward The Loop
Route map
Legend

Pink Line
north to Loop

17th St.

18th St.

Pink Line
south to 54th/Cermak

18th is an 'L' station on the CTA's Pink Line. It is located 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.

History

18th station in 1951

18th station opened on April 28, 1896 as part of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad's Douglas Park branch.[2] From May 1991 until March 1993, the original station was demolished and rebuilt.<ref name=Chicago-"L".org>18th. Chicago-"L".org (URL accessed September 30, 2006).</ref> On June 25, 2006, the 18th station, along with all other stations on the 54th/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 54th/Cermak via the same route.

Bus connections

CTA

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ 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

  1. ↑ "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2014" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority Ridership Analysis and Reporting. March 5, 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Douglas Park Branch Opened". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 28, 1896. p. 5.

External links

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