Canterbury station

CANTERBURY   10200W 1600S
Former Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
General information
Location	Canterbury Street Westchester, Illinois, US[1]
Coordinates	41.856279°N 87.878010°W / 41.856279; -87.878010
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority (1947–1951) Chicago Rapid Transit Company (1930–1947)
Line(s)	Westchester branch
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
History
Opened	December 1, 1930
Closed	December 9, 1951
Former services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Mannheim/22nd Terminus Westchester branch Roosevelt toward Des Plaines
Location

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.

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.