Halsted station (CTA Orange Line)

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| image=Platform at Halsted (Orange), looking southwest.jpg

| address=2520 South Archer Avenue

| borough=Chicago, Illinois

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| parking=31 spaces

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| opened=October 31, 1993

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| pass_year = 2024

| passengers = 526,438{{cite web |title=Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2024 |url=https://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/6/2024_Annual_Ridership_Report.pdf |publisher=Chicago Transit Authority |access-date=April 13, 2025 |date=January 22, 2025}}

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Halsted station is an "L" station on the CTA Orange 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 Metra Heritage Corridor until 1984.

History

=Alton Railroad station=

File:Stairs to former Halsted station, December 2018.JPG

Halsted Street station opened in 1902 on the Alton Railroad, replacing the 23rd Street station to the east, which was closed due to elevation of the tracks.{{cite news |url=https://newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune/132466247/ |title=Removal of Station |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=August 12, 1902 |page=9 |via=Newspapers.com}} By 1911, it had three separate island platforms east of Halsted Street serving the lines of the Alton Railroad (now the Joliet Subdivision), the Illinois Central Railroad (now the Freeport Subdivision), and the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad (now the Chillicothe Subdivision). Each platform had a separate set of stairs from Halsted Street; the station building was located on the Alton Railroad platform.{{cite map |url=http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4104cm.g01790191103 |map-url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4104cm.g01790191103/?sp=59 |map=Plate 57 |year=1911 |volume=3 |publisher=Sanborn Map Company |title=Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chicago, Cook County, Illinois}}

The station was served by Illinois Central West Line commuter trains until they were discontinued in 1931.{{cite book |title-link=:commons:File:April 1923 Illinois Central Suburban Trains West timetable.pdf |title=Suburban Trains West |date=April 29, 1923 |publisher=Illinois Central Railroad |via=Wikimedia Commons}} 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 {{stl|Metra|Brighton Park}} and eleven other stations in the system, due to low ridership.{{cite news |title=RTA closing 13 rail stations |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25964547/rta_votes_to_close_13_stations/ |accessdate=May 15, 2023 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=March 9, 1984 |page=51|via = Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}{{cite report |title=Ridership Trends - Annual Report 2017 |url=https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/ridership_report_-_annual_report_2017_standalone.pdf |publisher=Metra Division of Strategic Capital Planning |access-date=December 2, 2018 |page=32 |date=February 2018}}

="L" station=

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.{{cite press release |url=https://www.transitchicago.com/orange25/ |title=CTA Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Orange Line Service to SW Chicago & Midway Airport |date=October 30, 2018 |publisher=Chicago Transit Authority}} It opened as the Orange Line on October 31, 1993.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune/133680251/ |title=Officials christen 'L' line |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=November 4, 1993 |page=35 |via=Newspapers.com}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune/133680241/ |title=Work starts on Midway 'L' station |first=Gary |last=Washburn |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=January 23, 1990 |page=16 |via=Newspapers.com}}

References

External links

[http://www.transitchicago.com/travel_information/station.aspx?StopId=66 CTA – Halsted]
[http://www.chicago-l.org/stations/halsted-archer.html Chicago L.org: Stations - Halsted/Archer]

Category:Bridgeport, Chicago

Category:CTA Orange Line stations

Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1993