Harlem station (CTA Blue Line O'Hare branch)

Harlem
 
7200W
5600N
Location 5550 North Harlem Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60656
Coordinates 41°58′57″N 87°48′25″W / 41.982456°N 87.80705°W / 41.982456; -87.80705
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)
  Blue Line
Platforms 1 Island platform
Tracks 2
Connections CTA and Pace Buses
Construction
Structure type Expressway median
Parking 53 Spaces
Bicycle facilities Yes
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened February 27, 1983
Rebuilt 2016
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 888,576[1] Decrease 2% (CTA)
Rank 79 out of 143
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station
O'Hare Branch
toward O'Hare
Blue Line
One-way operation
toward Forest Park
toward Rosemont
Blue Line
Various Special Services
One-way operation
Route map
Blue Line
west to O'Hare
Harlem Ave.
Blue Line
east to Forest Park

Harlem, also known as Harlem/Higgins, is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Blue Line. It is not to be confused with the CTA Congress Branch station of the same name. Trains run from Harlem every 2–7 minutes during rush hour, and take 30–45 minutes to travel to the Loop.[2] O'Hare bound trains take 10 minutes to reach the airport from Harlem. The station is located in the northwest side neighborhood of Norwood Park.

History

Harlem station opened on February 27, 1983 as part of an extension of the West-Northwest line from Jefferson Park.[3] Like the Dan Ryan line stations, Harlem station sits in the median of the Kennedy Expressway. Where Dan Ryan stations were all designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill to be aesthetically similar in appearance, stations on the extension beyond Jefferson Park were designed by four different firms in a variety of architectural styles. The Harlem station, which was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, shares the boxy, open design of the Dan Ryan line stations.

Bus connections

CTA

  • 88 Higgins
  • 90 Harlem

Pace

  • 209 Busse Highway
  • 423 Linden CTA/The Glen/Harlem CTA (weekdays only)

See also

Notes and references

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2017" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 31, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
    2. ↑ "Blue Line Route-wide Timetable" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority. February 7, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 15, 2010. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
    3. ↑ Young, David; John C White (February 27, 1983). "First Link of O'Hare Line Opens". Chicago Tribune. p. 1.
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