Cicero station (CTA Green Line)

Cicero
 
4800W
330N
Location 4800 West Lake Street
Chicago, Illinois 60644
Coordinates 41°53′11″N 87°44′41″W / 41.886519°N 87.744698°W / 41.886519; -87.744698
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)
  Green Line
Platforms 1 Island platform
Tracks 2 tracks
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Bicycle facilities Yes
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened March 3, 1894
Rebuilt 1996
Previous names 48th Avenue
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 496,554[1] Decrease 3.3%
Rank 111 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station
toward Harlem/Lake
Green Line
Route map
Green Line
west to Harlem/Lake
 Cicero Ave
Kilpatrick Ave.
Green Line
east to Ashland/63rd and Cottage Grove

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. The station is 24 blocks east and 2 blocks north of Harlem.

Bus connections

CTA

Pace

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Due to possible double-counting of physically-connected stations, the CTA's official 2015 tally of stations was 146, but for ridership purposes reported having only 143 stations.

References

  1. ↑ "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2015" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 11, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Patronage of the "L" Is Growing". Chicago Daily Tribune. March 7, 1894. p. 8.


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