Austin station (CTA Blue Line)
Austin 1W 1000S | |||||||||||||
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| Chicago 'L' rapid transit station | |||||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | 1050 South Austin Boulevard Oak Park, Illinois 60304 | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°52′15″N 87°46′37″W / 41.870851°N 87.776812°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Chicago Transit Authority | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Forest Park Branch | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Expressway median | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | March 20, 1960[1][2] | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2022 | 208,113[3]  20.1% | ||||||||||||
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Austin is a station on the 'L' system, serving the Blue Line's Forest Park branch. It is located at Austin Boulevard alongside the Eisenhower Expressway in Oak Park, Illinois. The station has an auxiliary entrance/exit at Lombard Avenue. After CTA Blue Line trains pass the station, the CTA line splits away from the Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad lines letting the CTA Blue Line continue into Chicago afterwards.
Bus connections
- 91 Austin
- 315 Austin Boulevard
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.
- ^ "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2022" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. February 2, 2023. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
External links
Media related to Austin (CTA Blue Line) at Wikimedia Commons- Austin (Congress Line) Station Page
- Lombard Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Austin Boulevard entrance from Google Maps Street View
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