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University station (CTA)

1893 establishments in Illinois1994 disestablishments in IllinoisCTA Green Line stationsChicago "L" terminal stationsDefunct Chicago "L" stations
Demolished railway stations in the United StatesFormer North Shore Line stationsRailway stations closed in 1994Railway stations in the United States closed in the 1990sRailway stations in the United States opened in 1893
19920628 21 CTA South Side L 63rd & University
19920628 21 CTA South Side L 63rd & University

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. From December 12, 1982, 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. 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.

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University station (CTA)
East 63rd Street, Chicago

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East 63rd Street 1167-1169
60637 Chicago
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