page_title: UIC–Halsted station
section_title: Location
hierarchical_section_title: UIC–Halsted station / Location
caption_attribution_description: 20030314 49 CTA Blue Line L @ U of I Halsted
context_page_description: UIC–Halsted is an 'L' station on the CTA's Blue Line. The station serves the University of Illinois at Chicago, the University Village neighborhood, and the Greektown neighborhood all located in the Near West Side.
context_section_description: The Eisenhower Expressway median at the UIC–Halsted stop is twice as wide as necessary to accommodate the two tracks and platform, which are offset to only occupy the south half of the available median space.  The Peoria Street station house was constructed in 1964, centered not over the platform, but over the median to accommodate the anticipated future high-level subway line to run from there, under Clinton Street and the abandoned Jackson Boulevard streetcar tunnel under the river, to Grant Park.  The station house's position and the two extra portals east of Halsted Street were all that came of that plan.  Non-electrified tracks were later added in the empty space in the northern portion of the median in order to stage materials and work cars for tunnel repair and maintenance. West of this station also exists stub tracks, used for trains that short turn at UIC–Halsted. This service pattern is used for approximately every other train during off-peak periods.
caption: Looking east toward the ramp to Halsted Street, March 2003
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