- Source: Laramie station (CTA Garfield Park branch)
Laramie was a rapid transit station on the Chicago "L"'s Garfield Park branch, opening in 1902 and serving as the branch's terminal and connecting it with the interurban Aurora, Elgin & Chicago Railroad (AE&C). The AE&C continued downtown on the Garfield Park's trackage in 1905, whereafter it only boarded westbound passengers and alighted eastbound passengers to avoid direct competition with the "L"; as part of the same agreement, the "L" had extended west to the AE&C's station on Des Plaines Avenue. The AE&C, later renamed the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad (CA&E), ceased operation in 1953, and the station closed altogether in 1958 when the Garfield Park branch was replaced with the Congress Line.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Laramie station (CTA Garfield Park branch)
- Garfield Park branch
- Kedzie station (CTA Garfield Park branch)
- Blue Line (CTA)
- Green Line (CTA)
- Marshfield station
- Cermak branch
- Oak Park station (CTA Blue Line)
- Ashland station (CTA Green and Pink Lines)
- List of Chicago "L" stations
