University station (CTA)

University   1200E 6300S
University station in June 1992
General information
Location	1200 East 63rd Street Chicago, Illinois 60637
Coordinates	41°46′50″N87°35′46″W / 41.78052°N 87.59622°W / 41.78052; -87.59622
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line	Jackson Park Branch
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2 tracks
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	April 23, 1893;132 years ago (1893-04-23)
Closed	January 9, 1994;31 years ago (1994-01-09)
Previous names	Lexington Avenue
Former services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Closed as part of the Green Line (from 1993) Cottage Grove toward 58th Jackson Park branch Dorchester Closed 1973 toward Jackson Park
Location

University was a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Green Line; the station was located at 1200 East 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 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

1. "Run Trains to Madison Avenue". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 23, 1893. p. 2.
2. Dold, R. Bruce (December 13, 1982). "3 Jackson 'L' stations open again". Chicago Tribune . Archived from the original on September 9, 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2013– via Chicago-L.org.
3. Garfield, Graham. "University". Chicago-L.org. Archived from the original on June 13, 2010. Retrieved April 7, 2010.