Kostner station (CTA Pink Line)

For the abandoned Congress Line station, see Kostner station (CTA Congress Line).

For the demolished Niles Center Line station, see Kostner station (CTA Niles Center Line).

Kostner   4400W 2100S
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
General information
Location	2019 South Kostner Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60623
Coordinates	41.853751°N 87.733258°W / 41.853751; -87.733258
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Cermak Branch
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	May 22, 1907 (as Kildare Station)
Rebuilt	2002–03 (renamed Kostner Station)
Previous names	Kildare
Passengers
2019	144,034  4.1%
Rank	142 out of 143
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Cicero toward 54th/Cermak Pink Line Pulaski toward Loop (Clark/Lake)
Former services Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Kenton Closed 1951 toward Oak Park Douglas branch Pulaski toward Marshfield
Track layout Pink east to the Loop Kildare Ave. Kostner Ave. Pink west to 54/Cermak

Kostner, formerly known as Kildare, is an 'L' station on the CTA's Pink Line. It is located in the K-Town neighborhood of the North Lawndale community area, often just referred to as Lawndale. Kostner station was originally opened as Kildare. During reconstruction in 2003, its primary entrance was moved one block west to Kostner Avenue and the Kildare entrance became an auxiliary entrance.

This is the first outbound Pink Line station to be located at-grade.

Notes and references

References

• Kostner Station Page at Chicago-l.org
• Douglas Line Rehabitation project

External links

Media related to Kostner (CTA) at Wikimedia Commons

• CTA - Train schedule: Pink

• Ridership figures, 2009 (172 KiB)

• Kildare Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Kostner Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View

Kostner CTA Station Exterior