Central station (CTA Congress Line)

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, and 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.