Pulaski station (CTA Blue Line)

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.

Pulaski
 
4000W
530S
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
Location530 South Pulaski Road
Chicago, Illinois 60624
Coordinates41.873797°N 87.725663°W / 41.873797; -87.725663
Owned byChicago Transit Authority
Line(s)Forest Park Branch
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeExpressway median
History
OpenedJune 22, 1958
Passengers
2019570,897[1] 3.5% (CTA)
Rank96 out of 143
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Cicero Blue Line
Kedzie–Homan
toward O'Hare
Former services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Kostner
Closed 1973
Congress Branch Kedzie
toward O'Hare
Track layout
Blue Line
east to O'Hare
Pulaski Road
Keeler Ave.
Blue Line
west to Forest Park

Bus connections

CTA

  • 7 Harrison (Weekdays only)
  • 53 Pulaski (Owl Service)

References

  1. "Monthly Ridership Report December 2019" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 13, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  2. "CTA Gives Riders Taste of Cutback". Chicago Tribune. January 14, 1973. p. 42.


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