Oak Park station (CTA Blue Line)
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| Location |
950 South Oak Park Avenue Oak Park, Illinois 60304 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°52′20″N 87°47′30″W / 41.872108°N 87.791602°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Chicago Transit Authority | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Surface Level | ||||||||||
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| Opened | March 20, 1960[1][2] | ||||||||||
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| Passengers (2015) |
553,524[3]  0.5% (CTA) | ||||||||||
| Rank | 105 out of 143[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||||
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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 South Oak Park Avenue and South East Avenue. The auxiliary entrance on South East Avenue is half a block from the Oak Park Conservatory. Like other stations on the Eisenhower Expressway, it is accessible to disabled customers, with one of its exits being a ramp.
Station layout
| G | Ground level | Entrance/Exit, station building |
| P Platform level |
Southbound | ← Blue Line toward Forest Park (Harlem) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Northbound | → Blue Line toward O'Hare (Austin) → | |
Bus connections
- 311 Oak Park Avenue
Gallery
Oak Park Station staircase to South East Avenue.
Notes and references
Notes
- ↑ Due to possible double-counting of physically-connected stations, the CTA's official 2015 tally of stations was 146, but for ridership purposes reported having only 143 stations.
References
- ↑ "CTA to Open New Congress Right of Way". Chicago Daily Tribune. March 20, 1960. p. W3.
- ↑ "Congress CTA on Permanent Right of Way". Chicago Daily Tribune. March 20, 1960. p. 25.
- ↑ "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2015" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 11, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
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
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