18th station

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18th is an 'L' station on the CTA's Pink Line 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.

Location1710 West 18th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60608
Coordinates41.857955°N 87.669178°W / 41.857955; -87.669178
LineCermak Branch
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General information
Location1710 West 18th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60608
Coordinates41.857955°N 87.669178°W / 41.857955; -87.669178
Owned byChicago Transit Authority
LineCermak Branch
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedApril 28, 1896; 129 years ago (1896-04-28)
Rebuilt1991–1993; 33 years ago (1993)
Passengers
2024438,444[1]Increase 7.7%
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Damen Pink Line Polk
Former services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Damen Blue Line Polk
toward O'Hare 
Wood
Closed 1957
toward Oak Park
Douglas branch 14th Place
Closed 1951
toward Marshfield
Location
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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 and then run on the same tracks as the Green Line west of the Ashland station before circling clockwise around the Loop and returning to 54th/Cermak via the same route.

In 2016, the Chicago Central Area Commission's proposed the construction of the Connector Transitway which would terminate at 18th.[4]

In 2020, parts of the 1998 murals created by local artists were removed after they had been vandalised, after which the CTA has worked with the local community to restore the murals.[5][6]

Bus connections

CTA

  •  18  16th/18th

References

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