Halsted station (CTA Green Line Lake branch)

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Halsted
 
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Former Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
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General information
Location800 W. Lake Street
Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates 41°53′08″N87°38′51″W / 41.88566°N 87.64748°W / 41.88566; -87.64748
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s) Lake Branch
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
OpenedNovember 6, 1893
ClosedJanuary 9, 1994
Former services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Closed as part of the Green Line (from 1993)
Morgan
Closed 1948 (Reopened)
toward Harlem/Lake
Lake Street Elevated Clinton
Location
Halsted station (CTA Green Line Lake branch)

Halsted was a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Green Line in the Near West Side neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Halsted opened on November 6, 1893, [1] and closed on January 9, 1994, when the entire Green Line closed for a renovation project. The station did not reopen with the rest of the Green Line on May 12, 1996, due to service cuts, and the station was demolished shortly after the Green Line reopened.

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References

  1. "Crowds on Lake Street "L. "". Chicago Daily Tribune. November 7, 1893. p. 8.