50th Avenue station

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50TH AVENUE   2200S 5000W
Former Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
A train of 2000 series cars at the 50th Avenue station in 1968
General information
Location	50th Avenue and 21st Place Cicero, Illinois
Coordinates	41°51′07″N 87°44′57″W / 41.851879°N 87.749195°W / 41.851879; -87.749195
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Douglas Branch
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2 tracks
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
History
Opened	August 16, 1910
Closed	1978
Former services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Laramie toward Oak Park Douglas branch Cicero toward Marshfield
Location

50th Avenue was a Chicago 'L' station on the Douglas branch of the Chicago Transit Authority's West-Northwest Route, currently known as the Pink 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 the structure was moved to the Illinois Railway Museum where it is preserved.^[1]