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50th station

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Line(s)
  
West-Northwest

Tracks
  
2 tracks

Opened
  
16 August 1910

Platforms
  
1 island platform

Structure type
  
At-grade

Owner
  
Chicago Transit Authority

50th station

Location
  
50th Avenue and 21st Place Cicero, Illinois

Owned by
  
Chicago Transit Authority

50th was a Chicago 'L' station on the Douglas branch of the Chicago Transit Authority's West-Northwest Route, currently known as Blue Line. The station was located at 50th Avenue and 21st Place in west suburban Cicero. It opened on August 16, 1910, as part of an extension of service of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad to Laramie. The station closed in 1978 and it was moved to the Illinois Railway Museum where it is preserved.

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50th station Wikipedia