York Street was a station on the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad (CA&E) serving Elmhurst, Illinois. Opened on August 25, 1902, as South Elmhurst, it was one of the original stations of the Aurora Elgin and Chicago Railway (AE&C), which became the CA&E. It was significantly rebuilt in 1910, having a brick shelter added to it. Tickets were bought and sold at a nearby confectionery store. The CA&E closed altogether on July 3, 1957.[1]
York Street – Elmhurst | |||||||||||
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| Former Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad station | |||||||||||
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| Location | York Street Elmhurst, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||||
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| Opened | August 25, 1902 | ||||||||||
| Closed | July 3, 1957 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | South Elmhurst | ||||||||||
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York Street was the busiest of three CA&E stations in Elmhurst, and was located near a substation. It was the easternmost station for CA&E expresses west of 5th Avenue in Maywood. A bus route serving southern Elmhurst fed into the station, and the Chicago Great Western Railway had a station nearby.[2]
References edit
- ^ "York Street". GreatThirdRail.org. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
- ^ Weller & Stark 1999, p. 43
Works cited edit
- Weller, Peter; Stark, Fred (1999). The Living Legacy of the Chicago Aurora and Elgin. San Francisco: Forum Press. ISBN 0-945213-41-7 – via Internet Archive.
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