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York Street – Elmhurst
Former Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad station
General information
LocationYork Street
Elmhurst, Illinois, U.S.
History
OpenedAugust 25, 1902
ClosedJuly 3, 1957
Previous namesSouth Elmhurst
Services
Preceding station Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad Following station
Spring Road
toward Wheaton
Main Line Poplar Avenue
toward Chicago

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 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

  1. ^ "York Street". GreatThirdRail.org. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  2. ^ Weller & Stark 1999, p. 43

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