Laramie station (CTA Blue Line)
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(Redirected from Laramie station (CTA Douglas branch))
Laramie 5200W 2200S | ||||||||||||||||
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Former Chicago 'L' rapid transit station | ||||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | 2130 South Laramie Avenue Cicero, Illinois 60804 | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°51′06″N 87°45′14″W / 41.8518°N 87.7538°W | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Chicago Transit Authority | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Douglas Branch | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||
Structure type | Street Level | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | August 16, 1910 February 25, 2002 (Reopened as temporary terminal) | |||||||||||||||
Closed | February 9, 1992 (Removed from service) August 16, 2003 (Abandoned) | |||||||||||||||
Previous names | 52nd Avenue | |||||||||||||||
Former services | ||||||||||||||||
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Laramie is a former station on the Chicago Transit Authority'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.[1][2] The station was temporarily put back into service on February 25, 2002, for the Douglas Rehabilitation Project while the terminal at 54th/Cermak was being rebuilt. The station was closed again on August 16, 2003, before the new station at 54th/Cermak opened two days later on August 18, 2003. However, the station was never demolished because it was considered historic.[3]
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- 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
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