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A current map depicting the eight rapid transit lines of the Chicago "L" system. Map is not drawn to scale. The Chicago "L" is a rapid transit system that serves the city of Chicago and seven of its surrounding suburbs. The system is operated by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA).
18th Street station (CTA South Side Elevated) 18th station; 26th Street station; 29th station; 31st station; 33rd station; 35th/Archer station; 47th station (CTA Red Line) 54th/Cermak station; 58th station; 63rd station
By the mid-1890s, the ward's partisan lean had firmly become Democratic. [1] The last Republican to represent the ward on the Chicago City Council was Francis P. Gleason, who left office in 1897.
Chicago is traditionally divided into the three "sides" of the North Side, West Side, and South Side by the Chicago River. These three sides are represented by the white stripes on the Flag of Chicago. [12] The city is also divided into 50 wards for the purpose of electing one alderman each to the Chicago City Council. These wards have at times ...
The station's design is typical to other Orange Line stations with a wide, flat canopy over the entire platform and an spacious headhouse on the north side of Roosevelt Road. [3] Immediately south of the station exists a pocket track, which is used to turn trains back to the Loop if any activity, such as construction, is obstructing rail traffic.
There is a unique arrangement at the station as far as fares are concerned: although this station is a South Shore Line stop and the tracks are owned by NICTD, the station and the parking lots are actually owned by Metra and thus subject to Metra's fares, because the station is within the state of Illinois. Thus, when the South Shore Line ...
The system is owned by the Chicago Department of Transportation and has been operated by Lyft since 2019. As of May 2023, Divvy was the largest bicycle sharing system by area in North America with a service area of 234 square miles. [4] In August 2024, the 1,000th Divvy station opened as part of a citywide expansion of 400 new stations. [5]
The station is located 13.0 miles (20.9 km) southeast of Millennium Station, the line's northern terminus at Randolph/South Water Street in downtown Chicago. As of 2018 [update] , South Chicago (93rd Street) is the 101st busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 472 weekday boardings.