Canterbury station

Canterbury was a rapid transit station on the Chicago "L" between 1930 and 1951. Located on the Westchester branch, it was part of a southern extension of the branch, which had opened in 1926.

CANTERBURY
 
10200W
1600S
Former Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
General information
LocationCanterbury Street
Westchester, Illinois, US[1]
Coordinates41.856279°N 87.878010°W / 41.856279; -87.878010
Owned byChicago Transit Authority (1947–1951)
Chicago Rapid Transit Company (1930–1947)
Line(s)Westchester branch
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
History
OpenedDecember 1, 1930
ClosedDecember 9, 1951
Former services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Mannheim/22nd
Terminus
 Westchester branch Roosevelt
toward Des Plaines
Location

History

The Westchester branch opened in 1926, and was extended south to Mannheim/22nd on December 1, 1930, an extension that included Canterbury. This extension was served by a single car that shuttled passengers to and from Roosevelt; this was replaced in 1933 by a through-car service that coupled and uncoupled from Westchester trains at Roosevelt.[1]

The branch continued in service until replaced by a bus service on December 9, 1951.[2]

Station details

The station had a single platform on the west side of the single track. The station house, which abutted the platform to its south and opened to the street, was of a Tudor Revival look, with arched windows on the walls and timbered eaves in the interior.[1]

Ridership

Detailed ridership statistics were never collected for Canterbury; such statistics were collected for the Westchester branch as a whole, or for more patronized stations on the branch.[3]

References
  1. Garfield, Graham (2017). "Canterbury". Chicago-L.org. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  2. "Revise Douglas and Garfield "L" Service Dec. 9". Chicago Tribune. Vol. 110, no. 288. December 1, 1951. p. 4. Retrieved February 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. CTA 1979, pp. 20–23

Works cited
  • CTA Rail Entrance, Annual Traffic, 1900–1979 (Report). Chicago: Chicago Transit Authority. October 1, 1979.


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