50th Avenue was a

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station on the Douglas branch of the

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's West-Northwest Route, currently known as the Pink Line. The station was located at 50th Avenue and 21st Place in west suburban

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. It opened on August 16, 1910, as part of an extension of service of the

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to . The station closed in 1978 and it was moved to the

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where it is preserved.

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