and on the Blue Line, on the Green Line, and on the Orange Line. The CTA also provides service on three Halsted routes: the 8 Halsted between Broadway/Waveland and 79th Street; the 8A South Halsted between the Red Line station and Halsted/119th (with select trips continuing to 127th/Lowe); and the 108 Halsted/95th between the Red Line terminal and 127th/Lowe. There is a Halsted Street station on Metra commuter rail's BNSF Railway Line; and, the West Pullman stop on the Blue Island branch of Metra's Electric District commuter rail line is at Halsted and where 121st Street would be. Pace provides suburban bus service along Halsted Street from the Red Line terminal to the south suburbs. The 352 Halsted route operates 24/7 between the Red Line terminal and the Pace Harvey Transportation Center in Harvey, Illinois, with select trips continuing to the Pace Chicago Heights Bus Terminal at Vincennes/16th Street. The 359 Robbins/South Kedzie Avenue also runs along Halsted between the Red Line terminal and 124th Street before turning west. Associated persons Professional wrestlers One Man Gang and Colt Cabana have been billed from Halsted Street, as well as Ace Steel and CM Punk. Conrad Friberg, aka C.O. Nelson produced a film in 1934 traveling from the south end of Halsted Street to the North, across Chicago. Etymology The street derives its name from William H. and Caleb O. Halsted, Philadelphia bankers who made large investments in Chicago real estate through William B. Ogden, Chicago's first Mayor. The street ran through their property, and they ceded valuable rights to the city. Halsted has had several names, originally known as "Egyptian Road" because it led to the Little Egypt area of Illinois, it was subsequently known as First Street, then Dyer Street, after Charles Volney Dyer, a prominent Chicago physician and abolitionist. See also References External links Northalsted Merchants Association DePaul University - Lincoln Park campus University of Illinois at Chicago Old Maxwell Street Market Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council Streets in Chicago