Oak Park station (CTA Blue Line)
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| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | Expressway median | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | March 20, 1960[1][2] | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | 536,954[3]  3% (CTA) | |||||||||||||||
| Rank | 104 out of 143 | |||||||||||||||
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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
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Oak Park Station staircase to South East Avenue.
Notes and references
Notes
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 2017" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 31, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
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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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