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b Station remained in service on the Chicago Aurora and Elgin after the "L" withdrew service. c Station opened on the Aurora Elgin and Chicago Railway prior to the start of "L" service. March 11, 1905, is the day "L" service began at this station. d Station opened on the Milwaukee Road's Evanston branch prior to the start of "L" service. May 16 ...
Stations on the Chicago "L" that are no longer in revenue service; they are abandoned or closed, demolished, partially demolished. Pages in category "Defunct Chicago "L" stations" The following 93 pages are in this category, out of 93 total.
Stations noted existed prior to the start of "L" service. [76] b Clark/Lake is listed twice because the elevated and subway sections opened as separate stations in 1895 [44] and 1951, [36] [37] respectively. c Forest Park existed as an interurban station on the Aurora Elgin and Chicago Railway prior to the start of "L
The Chicago "L" (short for "elevated") [4] is the rapid transit system serving the city of Chicago and some of its surrounding suburbs in the U.S. state of Illinois.Operated by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), it is the fourth-largest rapid transit system in the United States in terms of total route length, at 102.8 miles (165.4 km) long as of 2014, [1] [note 1] and the third-busiest rapid ...
As part of the development of 108 North State Street (known as Block 37), The City of Chicago planned to construct a superstation located under the Block 37 mall. Washington station, and the lower level transfer tunnel to the Blue Line closed at midnight on October 23, 2006, for work related to the construction of this new station. [1]
It is an elevated station located at 1117 West Lawrence Avenue in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The adjacent stations are Argyle, located about 1 ⁄ 3 mile (0.54 km) to the north, and Wilson, about 1 ⁄ 4 mile (0.40 km) to the south, serving as alternate stations remaining open while Lawrence is closed for reconstruction. Four ...
The Northwestern Elevated Railroad, the final company constructing the Chicago "L", was plagued by delays in construction and would not open until 1900. While right of way was fairly easy to acquire outside of the downtown area, retail opposition to elevated railroads in the central business district hindered efforts to serve it. All three "L ...
The station was located at 1618 N. Halsted Street in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago. Halsted was situated south of Armitage (and, until 1942, south of Willow) and north of Larrabee, which closed at the same time as Halsted. It was one of only four "L" stations that were built on s-curves; Sheridan, Indiana, and Sacramento were the ...