18th station

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18th
 
1800S
1700W
General information
Location1710 West 18th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60608
Coordinates41°51′29″N 87°40′09″W / 41.857955°N 87.669178°W / 41.857955; -87.669178
Owned byChicago Transit Authority
Line(s)
Platforms2 Side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedApril 28, 1896
Rebuilt1991–93
Passengers
2017588,264[1]Decrease 4.1%
Rank99 out of 143
Services
Preceding station   CTA   Following station
Cermak Branch
Template:CTA lines
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.[2] From May 1991 until March 1993, the original station was demolished and rebuilt.[3] 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

Notes and references

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2017" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 31, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ "Douglas Park Branch Opened". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 28, 1896. p. 5.
  3. ^ 18th. Chicago-"L".org (URL accessed September 30, 2006).

External links

Media related to 18th (CTA) at Wikimedia Commons