Pershing station explained

Pershing
Color:PreKDR
Grid:3900S 1E
Size:1
Type:Former Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
Coordinates:41.8237°N -87.6257°W
Structure:Elevated
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2 tracks
Opened:June 6, 1892
Closed:August 1, 1949
Rebuilt:1907
Former:39th Street
Other Services Header:Former services
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Marker:rail-metro
Marker-Color:
  1. 888
Zoom:15

Pershing was a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's South Side Elevated Line, which is now part of the Green Line. The station was located at Pershing Road and State Street in the Douglas neighborhood of Chicago.[1] Pershing was situated south of Tech - 35th, which is now named 35th - Bronzeville - IIT, and north of Indiana. Pershing opened on June 6, 1892, and closed on August 1, 1949.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pershing . May 3, 2010. Garfield, Graham . Chicago-L.org .
  2. News: Begin Skip-Stop Runs Monday on North, South 'L' . Chicago Daily Tribune . July 29, 1949 . A9.