ST. LOUIS 3500W 600S | |||||||||||
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| Former Chicago "L" station | |||||||||||
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Electric_railway_journal_(1911)_(14572712220).jpg) A westward look at St. Louis in 1911 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 614 South St. Louis Avenue Chicago, Illinois | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°52′23″N 87°42′46″W / 41.87311°N 87.71281°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Chicago Transit Authority (1947–1953) Chicago Rapid Transit Company (1924–1947) See text before 1924 | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Garfield Park branch | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | June 19, 1895 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1958 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1911 (interlockings installed) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 1948 | 497,085  13.77% (CTA) | ||||||||||
| Rank | 95 out of 223 | ||||||||||
| Former services | |||||||||||
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St. Louis was a rapid transit station on the Chicago "L" between 1895 and 1953. It was constructed by the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad and served its Garfield Park branch. The Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad (CA&E), an interurban serving Chicago's western suburbs, also used the Garfield Park branch's tracks in 1905. To accommodate the mixing of the fast interurban and slow "L" service on a two-track line, two crossovers were installed on either side of the St. Louis station to let CA&E trains pass "L" trains in 1911.