University station (CTA)
University 6300S 1200E | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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University station in June 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Location |
1200 East 63rd Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Chicago Transit Authority | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 tracks | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Elevated | |||||||||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | April 23, 1893 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | January 9, 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Previous names | Lexington Avenue | |||||||||||||||||||||
Services at closure | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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University was a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Green Line; The station was located at 1200 E. 63rd Street in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago. University opened on April 23, 1893.[1] From December 12, 1982,[2] until January 9, 1994, University served as the terminal of the Jackson Park Branch. The station closed on January 9, 1994, when the entire Green Line closed for a renovation and rehabilitation project. University did not reopen with the rest of the Green Line on May 12, 1996. University was scheduled to be replaced by a new terminal at Dorchester. Instead the line was cut back to its current terminal at Cottage Grove.[3] The University station was demolished in September 1997 when the City of Chicago demolished the rest of the Jackson Park branch east of Cottage Grove.
References
- ↑ "Run Trains to Madison Avenue". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 23, 1893. p. 2.
- ↑ "3 Jackson 'L' stations open again", by R. Bruce Dold (Tribune Transportation Writer); Chicago Tribune, December 13, 1982 (via Chicago "L".org)
- ↑ Garfield, Graham. "University". Chicago-L.org. Retrieved April 7, 2010.