Austin station (CTA Blue Line)
Austin 1W 1000S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2017) |
599,330[3]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 97 out of 143 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Austin is a station on the 'L' system, serving the Blue Line's Forest Park branch. It is located below South Austin Boulevard in 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.
Station layout
| G | Ground level | Entrance/Exit, station building |
| P Platform level |
Southbound | ← Blue Line toward Forest Park (Oak Park) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Northbound | → Blue Line toward O'Hare (Cicero) → | |
Bus connections
- 91 Austin
- 315 Austin Boulevard
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.
External links
- Austin (Congress Line) Station Page
- Lombard Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Austin Boulevard entrance from Google Maps Street View
A CTA train heads towards the Austin station in 1968 (then known as the Congress Branch instead of the Blue Line)
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