Harvard was a station on the Englewood Branch of the Chicago "L" and was the northern terminus of the Normal Park Branch. The station opened on November 3, 1906, and closed on February 9, 1992. [1] [2] and demolished during the Green Line reconstruction of 1994–1996. The CTA considered constructing a new station at Harvard with a new park and ride lot that would have connected to the 63rd station on the Dan Ryan branch. No funding was available for the project and as a result, the construction of the new station did not happen.
Harvard 6300S 300W | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Former Chicago 'L' rapid transit station | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | 303 W. 63rd Street Englewood, Chicago, Illinois | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°46′46″N 87°38′00″W / 41.77935°N 87.63341°W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Chicago Transit Authority | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Englewood branch Normal Park Branch | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Elevated | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | November 3, 1906 | |||||||||||||||
| Closed | February 9, 1992 | |||||||||||||||
| Former services | ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
References
editExternal links
editHarvard Station Page at Chicago-L.org
 | This Illinois train station-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |