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
Location720 South Cicero Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60644
Coordinates41°52′18″N 87°44′43″W / 41.871574°N 87.745154°W / 41.871574; -87.745154Coordinates: 41°52′18″N 87°44′43″W / 41.871574°N 87.745154°W / 41.871574; -87.745154
Owned byChicago Transit Authority
Line(s)Forest Park Branch
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeExpressway median
History
OpenedJune 22, 1958
Passengers
2020211,816[1]Decrease 48.2% (CTA)
Rank100 out of 143
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Austin Blue Line
Pulaski
toward O'Hare Pictograms-nps-airport.svg
Former services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Central
Closed 1973
Congress branch Kostner
Closed 1973
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Track layout
Legend
Blue Line
east to O'Hare Pictograms-nps-airport.svg
Cicero Ave.
Lavergne Ave.
Blue Line
west to Forest Park

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.

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.

Bus connections[]

CTA

  • 7 Harrison (Weekdays only)
  • 54 Cicero
  • 57 Laramie

Pace

  • 305 East Roosevelt Road
  • 316 Laramie Avenue (Monday-Saturday only)
  • 392 Green Line Cicero CTA/UPS Hodgkins (Weekday UPS shifts only)

Notes and references[]

Notes[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2020" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 19, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2021.

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