50th Avenue station explained

50th Avenue
Color:B
Grid:2200S 5000W
Size:.9
Coordinates:41.8519°N -87.7492°W
Type:Former Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
Structure:At-grade
Tracks:2 tracks
Opened:August 16, 1910
Closed:1978
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Marker:rail-metro
Marker-Color:
  1. 888
Zoom:15

50th Avenue was a Chicago 'L' station on the Douglas branch of the Chicago Transit Authority's West-Northwest Route, currently known as the Pink Line. The station was located at 50th Avenue and 21st Place in west suburban Cicero. It opened on August 16, 1910, as part of an extension of service of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad to . The station closed in 1978 and the structure was moved to the Illinois Railway Museum where it is preserved.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 50th Avenue . August 10, 2014. Garfield, Graham . Chicago-L.org .