Laramie station (CTA Blue Line)

Laramie
 
5200W
2200S
(Signage in 1992)
54/Cermak
 
5400W
2134S
(Signage in 2002)
Location 2130 South Laramie Avenue
Cicero, Illinois 60804
Coordinates 41°51′06″N 87°45′14″W / 41.8518°N 87.7538°W / 41.8518; -87.7538Coordinates: 41°51′06″N 87°45′14″W / 41.8518°N 87.7538°W / 41.8518; -87.7538
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)
  Blue Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Street Level
History
Opened August 16, 1910
February 25, 2002 (Reopened as temporary terminal)
Closed February 9, 1992 (Removed from service)
August 16, 2003 (Abandoned)
Previous names 52nd Avenue
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station
toward O'Hare
Blue LineTerminus
  Former services  
(Closed 1978)
Douglas-Milwaukee Line
 B 
Terminus
The station in 1967

Laramie is a former station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system on the Douglas Branch while it was a branch of the Blue Line. The station closed on February 9, 1992 because of service cuts that resulted from budget problems.[1][2] It was temporarily put back into service on February 25, 2002 for the Douglas Rehabilitation Project while the terminal at 54th/Cermak was being rebuilt. It was again closed before the new station at 54th/Cermak opened on August 16, 2003. However, the station was never torn down because it was considered historic.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Gillis, Michael (February 2, 1992). "Big bus, L cuts by CTA start next weekend". Chicago Sun-Times. p. 55.
  2. ↑ "CTA's Cuts Take Effect". Chicago Tribune. February 9, 1992. p. 2.
  3. ↑ Laramie. Chicago-"L".org (URL accessed 12 May 2009).


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