18th station

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.

18th
 
1800S
1700W
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
Location1710 West 18th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60608
Coordinates41.857955°N 87.669178°W / 41.857955; -87.669178
Owned byChicago Transit Authority
Line(s)Cermak Branch
Platforms2 Side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
History
OpenedApril 28, 1896
Rebuilt1991–93
Traffic
Passengers (2019)550,089[1]  3.2%
Rank99 out of 143
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Damen
toward 54th/Cermak
 Pink Line Polk
toward Loop
(Clark/Lake)
Former services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Wood
Closed 1957
toward Oak Park
 Douglas Branch 14th Place
Closed 1951
toward Marshfield
Track layout
Pink Line
north to Loop
17th St.
18th St.
Pink Line
south to 54th/Cermak

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.

In 2016, the Chicago Central Area Commission's proposed the Connector Transitway which would have a terminous at the 18th Street Pink Line station.[4]

Bus connections

CTA

  • 18 16th/18th

Notes and references

Notes

    References
    1. "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2019" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 13, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
    2. "Douglas Park Branch Opened". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 28, 1896. p. 5.
    3. 18th. Chicago-"L".org (URL accessed September 30, 2006).
    4. Zotti, Ed (August 17, 2016). "The Case for Rail Transit Expansion in the Chicago Central Area" (PDF). Chicago: Chicago Central Area Commission. Retrieved March 11, 2020.

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