For other train stations named after Halsted Street, see Halsted.
Halsted station is an "L" station on the CTAOrange Line, located near the intersection of Halsted Street and Archer Avenue in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago. The station opened in 1993 as part of the extension to Midway Airport. A previous railroad station just to the east opened in 1902 and served the MetraHeritage Corridor until 1984.
The station was served by Illinois Central West Line commuter trains until they were discontinued in 1931.[4] The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) began subsidizing remaining commuter service in 1974, including the Alton Railroad service as the Heritage Corridor. The RTA closed the station on May 15, 1984, along with neighboring Brighton Park and eleven other stations in the system, due to low ridership.[5][6]
"L" stationedit
Construction of the $410 million Midway Line began in 1987. The line largely used existing railroad rights-of-way, including the Joliet Subdivision though the Bridgeport neighborhood.[7] It opened as the Orange Line on October 31, 1993.[8][7] The new Halsted station is located west of the Halsted Street overpass. Like all stations on the line, it was built with an elevator for accessibility.[9]
Referencesedit
^"Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2020" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 19, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
^"Removal of Station". Chicago Tribune. August 12, 1902. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Plate 57" (Map). Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Sanborn Map Company. Vol. 3. 1911.
^Suburban Trains West. Illinois Central Railroad. April 29, 1923 – via Wikimedia Commons.
^"RTA closing 13 rail stations". Chicago Tribune. March 9, 1984. p. 51. Retrieved May 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Ridership Trends - Annual Report 2017 (PDF) (Report). Metra Division of Strategic Capital Planning. February 2018. p. 32. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
^ ab"CTA Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Orange Line Service to SW Chicago & Midway Airport" (Press release). Chicago Transit Authority. October 30, 2018.
^"Officials christen 'L' line". Chicago Tribune. November 4, 1993. p. 35 – via Newspapers.com.
^Washburn, Gary (January 23, 1990). "Work starts on Midway 'L' station". Chicago Tribune. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
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Media related to Halsted (CTA Orange Line) at Wikimedia Commons
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