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PERSHING 3900S 1E | |||||||||||
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 Location of the demolished station, 2025 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Pershing Road and State Street Chicago, Illinois | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°49′25″N 87°37′32″W / 41.82372°N 87.62568°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Chicago Transit Authority | ||||||||||
| Line | South Side Elevated | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 tracks | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | June 6, 1892 | ||||||||||
| Closed | August 1, 1949 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1907 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | 39th Street | ||||||||||
| Former services | |||||||||||
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Pershing was a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's South Side Elevated Line, which is now part of the Green Line. The station was located at Pershing Road and State Street in the Douglas neighborhood of Chicago.[1] Pershing was situated south of Tech–35th, which is now named 35th–Bronzeville–IIT, and north of Indiana. Pershing opened on June 6, 1892, and closed on August 1, 1949.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Garfield, Graham. "Pershing". Chicago-L.org. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
- ↑ "Begin Skip-Stop Runs Monday on North, South 'L'". Chicago Daily Tribune. July 29, 1949. p. A9.
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- Defunct Chicago "L" stations
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1892
- 1892 establishments in Illinois
- 1949 disestablishments in Illinois
- Railway stations in the United States closed in 1949
- Demolished railway stations in the United States
- Elevated railway stations in Chicago
- Chicago Transit Authority stubs