18th station

Rapid transit station in Chicago the Metra station 18th Street station (Illinois) the demolished station on the "L" 18th station (CTA South Side Elevated) February 2025 February 2025 18th Pink 1800S 1700W .9 Platforms at 18th station, December 2018.JPG 1710 West 18th StreetChicago, Illinois 60608 41.857955 -87.669178 type:railwaystation_region:US-IL inline, title CTA Cermak Branch Elevated 2 side platforms 2 Yes 1896 04 28 1991–1993 Yes Chicago Transit Authority 2025 443,250 Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2025 https://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/6/Monthly_Ridership_2025-12.pdf Chicago Transit Authority April 22, 2026 1.1 CTA Pink Damen Polk Former services yes CTA Blue Cermak Damen Polk Douglas Wood Closed 1957 14th Place Closed 1951 yes 15 #e27ea6 rail-metro collapsed track 1 uhSTR!~MFADEg\uhSTR!~MFADEg lhSTR!~uSTRf\lhSTR!~uSTRg!~POINTERf@gq~~ ~~ ~~ Chicago Pink to the Loop uhKRWgl+l\uhKRWgr+r RP2q\hSKRZ-G2!~uSTR\hSKRZ-G2!~uSTR\RP2q~~17th St. lhSTR!~uPSTR(R)\lhSTR!~uPSTR(L) RP2q\hSKRZ-G2!~uPSTR(R)\hSKRZ-G2!~uPSTR(L)\RP2q~~18th St. lhSTR!~uPSTR(R)\lhSTR!~uPSTR(L) lhSTR!~uSTRf!~POINTERg@fq\lhSTR!~uSTRg~~ ~~ ~~ Chicago Pink to 54th/Cermak uhSTR!~MFADEf\uhSTR!~MFADEf 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. History thumb|left|18th station in 1951 18th station opened on April 28, 1896, as part of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad's Douglas Park branch.Douglas Park Branch Opened Chicago Daily Tribune April 28, 1896 5 From May 1991 until March 1993, the original station was demolished and rebuilt.18th. Chicago-"L".org (URL accessed September 30, 2006). 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.Zotti Ed The Case for Rail Transit Expansion in the Chicago Central Area August 17, 2016 Chicago Central Area Commission Chicago March 11, 2020 http://ccac.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Consolidated-Connector-PDF.pdf September 30, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170930160459/http://ccac.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Consolidated-Connector-PDF.pdf dead 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.Peña Mauricio 2020-02-18 After Crews Paint Over 18th Street Station Mural, CTA Looking For Artists To Restore It en-US Block Club Chicago https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/02/18/after-crews-paint-over-18th-street-station-mural-cta-looking-for-artists-to-restore-it/ live 2020-08-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20200224170828/https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/02/18/after-crews-paint-over-18th-street-station-mural-cta-looking-for-artists-to-restore-it/ 2020-02-24Ballesteros Carlos 2019-12-06 Pilsen CTA 18th Street Pink Line mural whitewashing draws online ire en Chicago Sun-Times https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/12/6/20999035/cta-pilsen-murals-covered-painted-over-18th-street-pink-line-francisco-mendoza-gallery-37 live 2020-08-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20200407225947/https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/12/6/20999035/cta-pilsen-murals-covered-painted-over-18th-street-pink-line-francisco-mendoza-gallery-37 2020-04-07 Bus connections CTA chicago bus 18 16th/18th References External links 18th station page at CTA official website 18th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View Yes Category:CTA Pink Line stations Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1896 Category:Railway stations in Chicago Category:Lower West Side, Chicago Category:Elevated railway stations in Chicago