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.
University 1200E 6300S | ||||||||||||||||
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| Former Chicago 'L' rapid transit station | ||||||||||||||||
 University station in June 1992 | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | 1200 East 63rd Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°46′50″N 87°35′46″W / 41.78052°N 87.59622°W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Chicago Transit Authority | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Jackson Park Branch | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||
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References
edit- ^ "Run Trains to Madison Avenue". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 23, 1893. p. 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.
- ^ Garfield, Graham. "University". Chicago-L.org. Archived from the original on June 13, 2010. Retrieved April 7, 2010.