18th station (CTA South Side Elevated)

Former Chicago "L" Station (1892–1949) February 2025 February 2025 18th PreKDR 1800S 1E .9 18th Street L station.jpg 18th Street and Wabash AvenueChicago, Illinois 41.85785 -87.62650 type:railwaystation_region:US-IL inline, title South Side Elevated Elevated 2 side platforms 2 tracks 1892 06 06 1949 08 01 1907 Chicago Transit Authority Former services CTA South Side Roosevelt Cermak yes 15 #888 rail-metro 18th Street was a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's South Side main line, which is now part of the Green Line. The station was located at 18th Street and Wabash Avenue in the Near South Side neighborhood of Chicago.Garfield Graham 18th http://chicago-l.org/stations/18th-wabash.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20200810110044/https://www.chicago-l.org/stations/18th-wabash.html August 10, 2020 June 21, 2010 Chicago-"L".org 18th was situated south of Roosevelt/Wabash and north of Cermak. 18th opened on June 6, 1892, and closed on August 1, 1949.Begin Skip-Stop Runs Monday on North, South 'L' Chicago Daily Tribune July 29, 1949 A9 History The South Side Elevated Railroad, the first rapid transit company in Chicago, opened on June 6, 1892, with ten stations, one of which was located on 18th Street. Eight of the ten stations on the line were built with street-level station houses.The Congress Terminal and 12th Street lines were located above the alley and were respectively served by an adjacent building and a mezzanine.Running on the "L." June 7, 1892 Chicago Tribune 51 159 9 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112503362/chicago-tribune/ November 3, 2022 Newspapers.com In 1907, the railroad was allowed by the city to construct a third track for express operations. In exchange, it promised to demolish the station houses north of 43rd Street, including all of the original street-level station houses, and replace them with mezzanines in order to clear the alleyway below the track. Notes References Yes Category:Defunct Chicago "L" stations Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1892 Category:1892 establishments in Illinois Category:1949 disestablishments in Illinois Category:Railway stations in Chicago Category:Demolished railway stations in the United States Category:Railway stations in the United States closed in 1949 Category:Elevated railway stations in Chicago