Forest Park station (CTA Lake Street branch)
Forest Park 7300W 100S | |||||||||||
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| Former Chicago 'L' rapid transit station | |||||||||||
 Station platform, c. 1910s | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Marengo Avenue and Circle Avenue Forest Park, Illinois | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°53′13″N 87°48′27″W / 41.88693°N 87.80758°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Chicago Transit Authority | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Lake Street Elevated | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | May 20, 1910 | ||||||||||
| Closed | October 28, 1962 | ||||||||||
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Forest Park was an at-grade station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving as the former western terminus of the Lake Street Elevated.[1]
History
The station was opened in 1910 as part of an extension of the Lake Street "L" into the Chicago & North Western Railroad's Forest Park yard. The adjacent Marion station had served as the terminal of the line since 1901.[2] Passenger service was initially operated with a single track, but was expanded to two tracks by 1946. In 1962, the at-grade stations of the Lake Street "L" were moved onto the abandoned C&NW embankment, as the local stations had been abandoned since 1958. The elevation prompted the merger of the Forest Park station and the adjacent Marion station into the current Harlem/Lake station.
References
- ^ "Forest Park". chicago-l.org. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ "Marion". chicago-l.org. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
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