Pulaski (CTA Blue Line station)

For other 'L' stations on the Chicago Transit Authority named Pulaski, see Pulaski (CTA station) (disambiguation).
Pulaski
Location 530 South Pulaski Road
Chicago, Illinois 60624
Coordinates 41°52′26″N 87°43′32″W / 41.873797°N 87.725663°W / 41.873797; -87.725663
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)
  Blue Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Surface Level
History
Opened June 22, 1958
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 634,717[1] Decrease 2% (CTA)
Rank 100 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station
toward O'Hare
Blue Line
toward Forest Park
Route map
Legend

Blue Line
east to O'Hare
Pulaski Road

Keeler Ave.

Blue Line
west to Forest Park

Pulaski is a station on the 'L' system, serving the Blue Line's Forest Park branch. The station is located in the median of the Eisenhower Expressway and serving the West Garfield Park neighborhood. A long ramp connects the platform to the station house on the Pulaski Road overpass. There was originally a similar entrance from the Keeler Avenue overpass; the entrance from Keeler was closed to cut costs on January 15, 1973,[2] but retained as an exit, and the exit was fully closed on December 28, 1978. The structure for this exit still stands but it is closed to the public.

Bus connections

CTA

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Due to possible double-counting of physically-connected stations, the CTA's official 2015 tally of stations was 146, but for ridership purposes reported having only 143 stations.

References

  1. ↑ "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2015" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 11, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
  2. ↑ "CTA Gives Riders Taste of Cutback". Chicago Tribune. January 14, 1973. p. 42.

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