Cicero station (CTA Blue Line)

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Cicero
 
4800W
700S
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
Platform at Cicero (Blue), looking east (51379552415).jpg
General information
Location720 South Cicero Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60644
Coordinates 41°52′18″N87°44′43″W / 41.871574°N 87.745154°W / 41.871574; -87.745154
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s) Forest Park Branch
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeExpressway median
History
OpenedJune 22, 1958;66 years ago (1958-06-22)
Passengers
2024189,468 [1]  Increase2.svg 6.2%
Services
Preceding station Chicago Transit Authority Logo.svg Chicago "L" Following station
Austin
toward Forest Park
Blue Line
Pulaski
toward O'Hare   Pictograms-nps-airport.svg
Former services
Preceding station Chicago Transit Authority Logo.svg Chicago "L" Following station
Central
Closed 1973
toward Des Plaines
Congress branch Kostner
Closed 1973
toward Jefferson Park
as an elevated station (pre-1958)
Laramie
toward Des Plaines
Garfield Park branch Kilbourn
toward Marshfield
Location
Cicero station (CTA Blue Line)

Cicero is a station on the 'L' system, serving the Blue Line's Forest Park branch. It is located in the median of the Eisenhower Expressway and serving the Austin neighborhood. Originally, Cicero had an additional entrance at Lavergne Avenue, but this was closed on May 16, 1977, by the CTA as a cost-cutting measure. The structure for this exit still stands but it is closed to the public.

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This is the last station on the Forest Park branch within the Chicago city limits. It is located a short distance from the Town of Cicero.

History

Elevated station

The original Cicero station (then called 48th Avenue station) opened in 1895 along with several other stations on the Garfield Park branch of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated. It was a terminal station until its 1902 extension to 52nd Avenue station, an Aurora Elgin and Chicago Railroad station. [2] With the implementation of skip-stop service on the Garfield Park branch on December 9, 1951, this station was designated an AB station, meaning all trains stop at this station. [3] The elevated station was eventually closed in 1958 in favor of a newly-built replacement station on the median of the Congress Expressway.

Expressway-median station

The current station opened on June 22, 1958, on the Congress branch. [4] Unlike its elevated predecessor, the station was designated an A station. During the time the CTA used skip-stop service, A trains west of Racine station continued along the Congress branch while B trains was routed along the Douglas branch (today's Pink Line). [5] A ramp connection to Lavergne Avenue pedestrian overpass was also open until 1977. [4]

Bus connections

CTA

Pace

References

  1. ↑ "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2024" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 22, 2025. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Cicero (48th Avenue)". Chicago "L".org. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  3. ↑ "CTA revises Garfield, Douglas, institutes A-B service". Chicago Tribune. December 1, 1951. p. 4. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Cicero". Chicago "L".org. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  5. ↑ Chicago Transit Authority System Map (Map). Chicago Transit Authority. March 1991. Retrieved February 1, 2025.


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