Laramie is a former station on 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 , ...

's "L" system on the Douglas Branch while it was a branch of the Blue Line. The station closed on February 9, 1992, because of service cuts that resulted from budget problems. It was temporarily put back into service on February 25, 2002, for the Douglas Rehabilitation Project while the terminal at 54th/Cermak was being rebuilt. It was again closed before the new station at 54th/Cermak opened on August 16, 2003. However, the station was never demolished because it was considered historic.
Laramie.
' Chicago-"L".org (URL accessed 12 May 2009).

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Abandoned Laramie Avenue Station from Google Maps Street View
CTA Blue Line stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1910 Railway stations closed in 1992 Railway stations in the United States opened in 2002 Railway stations closed in 2003 Defunct Chicago "L" stations Cicero, Illinois 1910 establishments in Illinois 2003 disestablishments in Illinois Railway stations in the United States closed in the 1990s Railway stations in the United States closed in the 2000s {{Illinois-railstation-stub