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Dorchester station

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Dorchester

1400E
6300S

Former Chicago 'L' rapid transit station

General information

Location

1400 East 63rd Street
Woodlawn, Chicago, Illinois

Coordinates

41°46′50″N 87°35′35″W / 41.78055°N 87.59305°W

Owned by

Chicago Transit Authority

Line(s)

Jackson Park Branch

Platforms

Tracks

Connections

IC Electric: 63rd Street station

Construction

Structure type

Elevated

History

Opened

April 23, 1893

Closed

January 13, 1973

Rebuilt

1994 (work suspended, never completed)

Previous names

Madison Avenue

Former services

Preceding station	Chicago "L"			Following station
University toward 58th		Jackson Park branch		Jackson Park Terminus

Location

Dorchester was a station on the Jackson Park branch of the Chicago "L". The station opened on April 23, 1893^[1] and closed on January 13, 1973,^[2] as part of a group of budget-related CTA station closings. Dorchester was scheduled to be the new terminal of the Jackson Park Branch, but the CTA decided to make Cottage Grove the new terminal, because the Reverend Arthur Brazier and some other Woodlawn residents thought the 'L' structure over East 63rd Street would further blight Woodlawn and prevent redevelopment.^[3]

References[edit]

^ "Run Trains to Madison Avenue". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 23, 1893. p. 2.

^ "CTA Gives Riders Taste of Cutback". Chicago Tribune. January 13, 1973. p. 42.

^ Washburn, Gary (April 27, 1994). "Some in Woodlawn Favor Demolishing a Part of Jackson Park 'L'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 1, 2020 – via Chicago "L".org.

External links[edit]

Dorchester station page at Chicago-L.org
The site of Dorchester seen in a home movie from the 1970s or early 1980s

Current and former Chicago "L" stations

Jackson Park (East 63rd) branch

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