Cicero station (CTA Blue Line)

Cicero
 
4800W
700S
Location 720 South Cicero Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60644
Coordinates 41°52′18″N 87°44′43″W / 41.871574°N 87.745154°W / 41.871574; -87.745154
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)
  Blue Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Expressway median
History
Opened June 22, 1958
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 442,113[1] Decrease 7.6% (CTA)
Rank 114 out of 143
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station
Forest Park Branch
toward O'Hare
Blue Line
toward Forest Park
  Former services  
(Closed 1973)
Congress-Milwaukee Line
 A 
(Closed 1973)
toward Desplaines
Route map
Blue Line
east to O'Hare
Cicero Ave.
Laverne Ave.
Blue Line
west to Forest Park

Cicero is a station on the 'L' system, serving the Blue Line's Forest Park branch. It is located in the median of the Eisenhower Expressway and serving the Austin neighborhood. Originally Cicero had an additional entrance at LaVergne Avenue, but this was closed on May 16, 1977, by the CTA as a cost-cutting measure. The structure for this exit still stands but it is closed to the public.

This is the last station on the Forest Park branch within the Chicago city limits. It is located a short distance from the Town of Cicero.

Bus connections

CTA

  • 7 Harrison
  • 54 Cicero
  • 57 Laramie

Pace

  • 305 East Roosevelt Road
  • 316 Laramie Avenue
  • 392 Green Line Cicero CTA/UPS Hodgkins (Weekday UPS shifts only)

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.


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