18th station

18th   1800S 1700W
General information
Location	1710 West 18th Street Chicago, Illinois 60608
Coordinates	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
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	April 28, 1896
Rebuilt	1991–93
Passengers
2015	656,597  3.1%
Rank	96 out of 143
Services
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Track layout 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. From May 1991 until March 1993, the original station was demolished and rebuilt. 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

• 18 16th/18th

External links

Media related to 18th (CTA) at Wikimedia Commons

• 18th station page at CTA official website
• 18th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View