Oak Park station (CTA Blue Line)

Oak Park is a station on the Chicago 'L' system, serving the Blue Line's Forest Park branch and Oak Park, Illinois. The station is alongside the Eisenhower Expressway between Oak Park Avenue and East Avenue. The auxiliary entrance on East Avenue is half a block from the Oak Park Conservatory. Although it has a ramp, it isn’t accessible to customers with disabilities because the ramp’s grade is too steep, similar to other stations on the Congress branch of the Blue Line.

Oak Park   800W 900S
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
Location	950 South Oak Park Avenue Oak Park, Illinois 60304
Coordinates	41.872108°N 87.791602°W / 41.872108; -87.791602
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Forest Park Branch
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Expressway median
History
Opened	March 20, 1960[1][2]
Previous names	Kirwin[lower-alpha 1]
Traffic
Passengers (2019)	504,438[5]  4.6% (CTA)
Rank	103 out of 143
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Harlem toward Forest Park Blue Line Austin toward O'Hare
Former services Preceding station Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad Following station South Oak Park toward Thatcher's Park Chicago & Northern Pacific – Main Line South Ridgeland toward Chicago
Track layout Blue Line east to O'Hare East Ave. Harrison St. I-290 B&OCT Garfield St. Oak Park Ave. Blue Line west to Forest Park

Bus connections

Pace

• 311 Oak Park Avenue

Gallery

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  Oak Park station staircase to East Avenue.
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Notes and references

Notes

1. A passenger station along the Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad previously existed at this location[3][4]

References

1. "CTA to Open New Congress Right of Way". Chicago Daily Tribune. March 20, 1960. p. W3.
2. "Congress CTA on Permanent Right of Way". Chicago Daily Tribune. March 20, 1960. p. 25.
3. Allen, W.F. (January 1893). "Travelers' Official Guide of the Railway and Steam Navigation Lines in the United States and Canada". Google Books. The National Railway Publication Company, Publishers and Prorietors. p. 412. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
4. "Map of the Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad Company and connections". Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center. Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad Company. 1898. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
5. "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2019" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 13, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.

External links

Media related to Oak Park (CTA Blue Line) at Wikimedia Commons

• Oak Park (Congress Line) Station Page
• Oak Park Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• East Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View