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
Location950 South Oak Park Avenue
Oak Park, Illinois 60304
Coordinates41.872108°N 87.791602°W / 41.872108; -87.791602
Owned byChicago Transit Authority
Line(s)Forest Park Branch
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeExpressway median
History
OpenedMarch 20, 1960[1][2]
Previous namesKirwin[lower-alpha 1]
Traffic
Passengers (2019)504,438[5]  4.6% (CTA)
Rank103 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
  • Oak Park station staircase to East Avenue.

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.
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