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This is a list of former stations on the Chicago "L".This list includes stations that have been demolished, partially demolished, and stations that are abandoned or closed, but are not open for passenger service.
The Chicago Transit Authority provides service in Chicago and 10 surrounding suburbs. The CTA provided a total of 532 million rides in 2011, [6] a 3 percent increase over 2010 with ridership rising to levels not seen for 20 years. [7] The CTA operates 24 hours each day and on an average weekday provides 1.7 million rides on buses and trains.
In 2004, the CTA, projecting a $55 million funding shortfall in its 2005 budget, called for a "long term funding solution," involving a change to the sales tax distribution formula in the RTA Act. [20] In response, the Illinois General Assembly appropriated $54 million to cover the cost of CTA's paratransit service for 2005. [21]
Starting in 1948, the CTA began systematically shutting down many stations and lines that saw little use in order to improve service and reduce costs. Expansion resumed in September 1969 with the opening of a new line in the median of the Dan Ryan Expressway and continued until October 31, 1993, with the opening of the Orange Line . [ 7 ]
54th/Cermak is an 'L' station and the terminus of the CTA's Pink Line.It was the terminus of the former Cermak branch of the Blue Line.It is located at Cermak Road between 54th and Laramie Avenues in Cicero, Illinois.
Ogilvie offers two connections to the Chicago Transit Authority's "L" system. It is next door to Clinton station; Ogilvie's platforms directly abut Clinton. Ogilvie is three blocks west of Washington/Wells station. CTA buses. J14 Jeffery Jump; 19 United Center Express; 56 Milwaukee; 60 Blue Island/26th (Owl Service) 120 Ogilvie/Streeterville ...
Cumberland is located at the junction of Cumberland Avenue and the Kennedy Expressway (I-90, exit 79). The station is located on a border between O'Hare and Norwood Park. [2] [3] It is the closest 'L' station to the city of Park Ridge, which borders Chicago along Higgins Road north of the station. [4]
CTA security and Forest Park Police found the suspected shooter using surveillance video. The suspect was located on a CTA Pink Line Train and taken into custody later Monday morning. A weapon was ...