50th Avenue was a
Chicago 'L'
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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station on the Douglas branch of the
Chicago Transit Authority
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is the operator of mass transit in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and some of its surrounding suburbs, including the trains of the Chicago 'L' and CTA bus service. In , the system had a ridership of , o ...
's West-Northwest Route, currently known as the
Pink Line. The station was located at 50th Avenue and 21st Place in west suburban
Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero ( ; ; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, and academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the estab ...
. It opened on August 16, 1910, as part of an extension of service of the
Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad
The Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad (known as the ''Met'' or ''Polly "L"'') was the third elevated rapid transit line to be built in Chicago, Illinois and was the first of Chicago’s elevated lines to be electrically powered. The lin ...
to . The station closed in 1978 and it was moved to the
Illinois Railway Museum
The Illinois Railway Museum (IRM, reporting mark IRMX) is the largest railroad museum in the United States. It is located in the Chicago metropolitan area at 7000 Olson Road in Union, Illinois, northwest of downtown Chicago.
Overview
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where it is preserved.
References
Defunct Chicago "L" stations
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1910
Railway stations closed in 1978
Cicero, Illinois
Railway stations in Cook County, Illinois
1910 establishments in Illinois
1978 disestablishments in Illinois
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