18th (CTA station)

18th
Location	1710 West 18th Street Chicago, Illinois 60608
Coordinates
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)
Platforms	2 Side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	April 28, 1896
Rebuilt	1991–93
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	636,897  6.4%
Rank	102 out of 143
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station Damen toward 54th/Cermak Pink Line Polk toward The Loop
Route map Legend Pink Line north to Loop x20px x20px 17th St. 18th St. Pink Line south to 54th/Cermak

18th is an 'L' station on the CTA's Pink Line. It is 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

File:18th St Douglas L station 1951.jpg

18th station in 1951

18th station opened on April 28, 1896 as part of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad's Douglas Park branch. From May 1991 until March 1993, the original station was demolished and rebuilt. 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, connecting with the Green Line west of the Ashland station and then circling clockwise around the Loop before returning to 54th/Cermak via the same route.

Bus connections

CTA

• #18 16th-18th

File:18th pink cta.JPG

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• 18th station page at CTA official website
• 18th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View