Halsted station (CTA North Side Main Line)

Halsted
CTA rapid transit
Location 1618 North Halsted Street
Chicago, Illinois 60614
Coordinates 41°54′41″N 87°38′54″W / 41.9115°N 87.6483°W / 41.9115; -87.6483Coordinates: 41°54′41″N 87°38′54″W / 41.9115°N 87.6483°W / 41.9115; -87.6483
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s) North Side Main Line
Platforms 2 island platforms
Tracks 4 tracks
Construction
Structure type Elevated
History
Opened May 31, 1900
Closed August 1, 1949

Halsted was a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's North Side Main Line, which is now part of the Brown Line. The station was located at 1618 N. Halsted Street in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago. Halsted was situated south of Armitage and north of Larrabee, which closed at the same time as Halsted. It was one of only four "L" stations that were built on s-curves; Sheridan, Indiana, and Sacramento were the other three. Halsted opened on May 31, 1900,[1] and closed on August 1, 1949, along with 22 other stations as part of a CTA service revision.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Room for All to Ride". Chicago Daily Tribune. May 30, 1900. p. 12.
  2. ↑ Garfield, Graham. "Halsted". Chicago-L.org. Retrieved November 7, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Begin Skip-Stop Runs Monday on North, South 'L'". Chicago Daily Tribune. July 29, 1949. p. A9.


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