The non-revenue junction between the Cermak and Congress branch that used to serve Blue Line trains.
Overview
Status
Operational
Locale
Chicago, Illinois, United States Cicero, Illinois
Termini
54th/Cermak
Polk
Stations
11
Service
Type
Rapid transit
System
Chicago "L"
Services
Pink
Operator(s)
Chicago Transit Authority
Rolling stock
5000-series
Daily ridership
17,474 (average weekday Feb. 2013)
History
Opened
April 28, 1896; 128 years ago (1896-04-28)
Technical
Line length
6.6 mi (10.6 km)
Character
Elevated, At-Grade Level
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification
Third rail, 600 V DC
Route map
Legend
Paulina Connector
Congress branch
← Garfield Pk. branch
Met Main Line →
Polk
Roosevelt
14th Place
BNSF
18th
Wood
Damen
Western
California
Douglas Park
BNSF
Kedzie
Homan
Drake
Central Park
Lawndale
Pulaski
Pulaski Yard
Kildare Ave.
Kostner
Kostner Ave.
Kilbourn Ave.
Kenton
Chicago
Cicero
Belt Railway of Chicago
47th Ave.
47th Ct.
Cicero Ave.
Cicero
49th Ave.
50th Avenue
50th Ave.
Laramie
Laramie Ave.
54th/Cermak
54th Ave.
54th Yard
Central
Central Ave.
58th Avenue
58th Ave.
Austin
Austin Ave.
61st Ave.
Lombard
Lombard Ave.
Cicero
Berwyn
Ridgeland
Ridgeland Ave.
Wesley Ave.
Oak Park
The Cermak branch, formerly known as the Douglas branch, is a 6.6 mi (10.6 km) long section of the Pink Line of the Chicago "L" system in Chicago, Illinois. It was built by the Metropolitan West Side Elevated west of the Loop. As of February 2013, it serves an average of 17,474 passengers every weekday.[1] The branch serves the Near West Side, Pilsen, Lower West Side, South Lawndale, and North Lawndale neighborhoods of Chicago, and the west suburb Cicero, Illinois. The branch operates from 4:05 a.m. to 1:25 a.m., weekdays, and Saturdays from 5:05 a.m. to 1:25 a.m., and Sundays from 5:00 a.m. to 1:25 a.m., including holidays.
^"Ridership Report: February 2013" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 4, 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
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