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| Type: | Former Chicago 'L' rapid transit station | ||||||||
| Address: | Canterbury Street Westchester, Illinois, US | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 41.8563°N -87.878°W | ||||||||
| Line: | Westchester branch | ||||||||
| Platform: | 1 side platform | ||||||||
| Tracks: | 1 | ||||||||
| Opened: | December 1, 1930 | ||||||||
| Closed: | December 9, 1951 | ||||||||
| Owned: | Chicago Transit Authority (1947 - 1951) Chicago Rapid Transit Company (1930 - 1947) | ||||||||
| Other Services Header: | Former services | ||||||||
| Mapframe: | yes | ||||||||
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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.
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]
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]
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.