Calvary was a station on the

Chicago Rapid Transit Company The Chicago Rapid Transit Company (CRT) was a privately owned firm providing rapid transit rail service in Chicago, Illinois, and several adjacent communities between 1924 and 1947. The CRT is one of the predecessors of the Chicago Transit Aut ...

's Evanston Line, now the

Chicago Transit Authority The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is the operator of public transport, mass transit in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and some of its suburbs, including the trains of the Chicago "L" and List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes, CTA bu ...

's Purple Line. The station was located at 400 Chicago Avenue, across from the entrance to Calvary Cemetery. Calvary opened on May 16, 1908, and closed in 1931; it was replaced by South Boulevard. After its closure, Calvary remained boarded and abandoned for seven decades before being demolished in February 1995.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Calvary (Crt Station) Defunct Chicago "L" stations Railway stations in Evanston, Illinois Railway stations in the United States opened in 1908 1908 establishments in Illinois 1931 disestablishments in Illinois Funeral transport Demolished railway stations in the United States Railway stations in the United States closed in 1931