Harlem/Lake station

Harlem/Lake
General information
Location	1 South Harlem Avenue Forest Park, Illinois 60130
Coordinates	41.88706°N 87.80486°W / 41.88706; -87.80486
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Green Line
Platforms	1 Island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Union Pacific West at Oak Park CTA Buses Pace Buses
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	October 28, 1962
Rebuilt	1996
Previous names	Harlem Terminal, Harlem
Passengers
2015	1,266,361  1% (CTA)
Rank	56 out of 143
Services
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Harlem/Lake, also known as Harlem, is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Green Line. It is the northwestern terminus of the Green Line.

History

The station opened on October 28, 1962 and was formerly called Harlem Terminal. The Lake Street Elevated went further through Oak Park and was built to Marion Street in 1901 and extended just a few blocks west past Harlem Avenue into Forest Park on May 20, 1910. It was built at street-level and the tracks also paralleled the adjacent Chicago & North Western Railroad and the street-level operation began to result a number of crossing accidents for both railroads, typically due to pedestrians and wagon drivers failing to take note of approaching trains. Neither the "L" nor the C&NW had any type of crossing protection originally. Harlem was a consolidation of the Forest Park and Marion stations.

Location

The station is located at 1 South Harlem Avenue and is the northwestern terminus of the Green Line. Though the station is named Harlem/Lake, Lake Street does not intersect with the station; the station is located at Harlem Avenue and South Boulevard. The station is next to the Oak Park Metra commuter railroad station. It is located between the Oak Park and Forest Park boundary line at Harlem Avenue.

Bus and rail connections

CTA

• 90 Harlem

Pace

• 305 Cicero/River Forest
• 307 Harlem
• 309 Lake Street
• 313 St. Charles Road
• 318 West North Avenue
• 757 Northwest Connection (weekday rush hours only)
• 770 Brookfield Zoo Express/CTA Green Line (Memorial Day through Labor Day on weekends only)

Metra

• Union Pacific/West Line

See also

• Harlem (CTA Blue Line Congress branch station)
• Harlem (CTA Blue Line O'Hare branch station)

External links

• Harlem/Lake Station Page
• Harlem Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Marion Street entrance (also to Metra) from Google Maps Street View

Harlem destination sign