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Pulaski 4000W 530S
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
General information
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)	Forest Park Branch
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Expressway median
History
Opened	June 22, 1958; 66 years ago (1958-06-22)
Passengers
2022	306,653  1.9%
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Cicerotoward Forest Park Blue Line Kedzie–Homantoward O'Hare
Former services Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station KostnerClosed 1973toward Des Plaines Congress branch Kedzietoward Jefferson Park as an elevated station (pre-1958) Tripptoward Des Plaines Garfield Park branch Garfield Parktoward Marshfield
Track layout Legend Blue to O'Hare Pulaski Rd. I-290 (Eisenhower Expy.) Ramp to Keeler Ave. closed Keeler Ave. Blue to Forest Park
Location

Pulaski is a station on the Chicago 'L' system, serving the Blue Line's Forest Park branch. The station is located in the median of the Eisenhower Expressway and serves 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, 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.

History

Elevated station

The original Pulaski station (then called 40th Avenue station) opened in 1895 along with several other stations on the Garfield Park branch of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated. Because 40th Avenue was renamed to Crawford Avenue and later to Pulaski Road, the station was renamed twice in 1913 and in 1935 respectively. When skip-stop service was implemented on the Garfield Park branch on December 9, 1951, the station was designated an AB station, meaning all trains stop at this station. The elevated station was eventually closed in 1958 in favor of a newly-opened replacement station in the median of the Congress Expressway.

Expressway-median station

The new Pulaski station opened on June 22, 1958, on the Congress branch. This time, however, the station was designated an A station. During the time the CTA used skip-stop service, A trains west of Racine station were routed along the Congress branch, while B trains were routed along the Douglas branch (today's Pink Line). In an effort to cut cost, access to Keeler Avenue was limited to exiting passengers on January 15, 1973; the ramp was closed entirely on December 28, 1978.

Bus connections

CTA

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

References

1. "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2022" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. February 2, 2023. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
2. ^ "CTA Gives Riders Taste of Cutback". Chicago Tribune. January 14, 1973. p. 42.
3. "Fight for 40th Street". Encyclopedia of Chicago. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
4. "CTA revises Garfield, Douglas, institutes A-B service". Chicago Tribune. 1 December 1951. p. 4. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
5. "Chicago L.org: Stations - Pulaski". www.chicago-l.org. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
6. Chicago Transit Authority System Map (Map). Chicago Transit Authority. March 1991. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
7. "Chicago L.org: Stations - Pulaski". www.chicago-l.org. Retrieved 10 December 2023.

External links

• Pulaski (Congress Line) Station Page
• Pulaski Station in 1958 @ America on the Move (Smithsonian Institution)
• Keeler Avenue entrance (closed) from Google Maps Street View
• Pulaski Road entrance from Google Maps Street View

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