UIC-Halsted   800W 430S
General information
Location	430 SouthHalsted Street Chicago, Illinois 60607
Coordinates	41°52′32″N87°38′59″W / 41.8755°N 87.6497°W /41.8755; -87.6497
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line	Forest Park Branch
Platforms	1island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	CTA Bus
Construction
Structure type	Expressway median
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	June 22, 1958; 67 years ago (1958-06-22)
Rebuilt	1965 (Peoria entrance added) 2000–01 2014–16 (Peoria entrance renovated, elevator added)
Previous names	Halsted U of I–Halsted
Passengers
2024	1,010,950[1]  17.7%
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Racine towardForest Park Blue Line Clinton towardO'Hare
Track layout Legend BluetoO'Hare  Halsted St. Peoria St. Morgan St. I-290 (Eisenhower Expy.) BluetoForest Park
Location

UIC–Halsted, (formerlyHalsted andU of I-Halsted) is aChicago "L" station on theCTA'sBlue Line. The station serves theUniversity of Illinois Chicago, theUniversity Village neighborhood, and theGreektown neighborhood all located in theNear West Side.

The original Halsted station on theMetropolitan Main Line, the predecessor of the Congress line, opened in 1895, consisting of 4 tracks and two island platforms as trains from all of the Metropolitan "L" lines entered downtown. The original station closed in 1958 as the new replacement station was built as a part of the Congress Line in the median of theCongress Expressway which replaced the Garfield Park branch and the Metropolitan Main Line that were located along an alley in the right of way that is now on the present Eisenhower Expressway. Like the other stations on the Congress Line (and the future Dan Ryan Line and O'Hare Line on theKennedy Expressway) the station has a single island platform. When the station originally opened, its name was just "Halsted" like its predecessor. In 1965, when theUniversity of Illinois' Chicago campus opened, the station's name was changed to "U of I-Halsted" and an additional entrance/exit to Peoria Street was added to access the campus. Most older signage on the station's platform and some older Chicagoans still refer the station and the campus as U of I-Halsted and U of I, respectively. When the university was renamed as UIC in 1982, the station's name was changed to the current "UIC–Halsted". This change is reflected on CTA maps and signage.

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,^[2] 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.^[3] The station house's position and the two extra portals east of Halsted Street^[4] 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 thatshort turn at UIC–Halsted. This service pattern is used for approximately every other train during off-peak periods.

The station has three entrances: Halsted Street, Morgan Street, and Peoria Street. The station house at Morgan Street has a large enclosed waiting room, with electronic signage that alerts passengers when trains are approaching the platform below. The Halsted Street station house has aChase ATM. The Peoria Street entrance/exit was renovated from June 2014 to August 2015 and reopened on August 31, 2015, with the elevator at the Peoria entrance going into service on May 24, 2016.

CTA

• 7 Harrison (Weekdays only)
• 8 Halsted
• 60 Blue Island/26th (Owl Service)
• 126 Jackson

Wikimedia Commons has media related toUIC-Halsted (CTA).

• UIC–Halsted Station Page
• Halsted Station @ America on the Move (Smithsonian Institution)
• Morgan Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Peoria Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Halsted Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

• CTA Blue Line stations
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1958
• University of Illinois Chicago
• Railway stations in Illinois at university and college campuses

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