Chicago Lawn station

Chicago Lawn
Chicago Lawn station in 1971
General information
Location	3601 63rd Street Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates	41.77861°N 87.71282°W / 41.77861; -87.71282
Operated by	Grand Trunk Western Railroad
Line(s)	CSX Elsdon Subdivision
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
History
Closed	April 30, 1971 (1971-04-30)
Key dates
Tracks elevated	1929
Demolished	August 2017
Former services
Preceding station Grand Trunk Western Railroad Following station 47th Street toward Chicago Main Line Harvey toward Port Huron 59th Street toward Chicago Suburban Service (Chicago) Marquette Park toward Valparaiso

Chicago Lawn, also signed as Chicago Lawn-63rd St., was a former railroad station on the border of Chicago Lawn and West Lawn in Chicago, Illinois.^[1] The tracks adjacent to the station were elevated over 63rd Street in 1929.^[2] Service to the station remained until April 30, 1971, when the eastbound International Limited and westbound Inter-City Limited passenger trains were replaced by Amtrak services on May 1, 1971. The station building was demolished in 2017.^{[citation needed]}

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  The Dearborn-bound Inter-City Limited in July 1970
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  Station platform in 1971, signage displays station name as "Chicago Lawn-63rd St."

References

1. Grand Trunk Railway System "Form G" Local Time Tables. Grand Trunk Western Railway. 1 April 1928. p. 7.
2. Vandervoort, Bill. "Chicago Track Elevation Grand Trunk". chicagorailfan.com. Retrieved 5 November 2020.

External links

Chicago, IL Depot: GTW Chicago Lawn Depot - Blogspot