Central is an abandoned rapid transit station in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The station served the Chicago Transit Authority's Congress Line, which is now part of the Blue Line. Central opened on October 10, 1960, but due to low ridership Central closed on September 2, 1973, as part of a group of budget-related CTA station closings.
Reopening of the station On December 16, 2025, Illinois Senate Bill 2111, the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act, was passed into law, which authorized the reconstruction and reintroduction into revenue service of Central by January 1, 2029. In May of 2026, the deadline for reopening Central station was pushed back to January 1, 2031, after the Illinois General Assembly passed a bill making changes to the NITA Act.
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Boarded Up Entrance to former Central CTA Congress Line Station from Google Street Maps