Irving Park station (CTA Blue Line)

Irving Park
 
4000N
4100W
Location 4131 West Irving Park Road
Chicago, Illinois 60641
Coordinates 41°57′11″N 87°43′45″W / 41.952964°N 87.729263°W / 41.952964; -87.729263
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)
  Blue Line
Platforms 1 Island platform
Tracks 2
Connections
  Union Pacific / Northwest
(via Irving Park station)
CTA Buses
Construction
Structure type Expressway median
Bicycle facilities Yes
History
Opened February 1, 1970
Rebuilt 2016
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 1,337,233[1] Decrease 1.7% (CTA)
Rank 48 out of 143
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station
O'Hare Branch
toward O'Hare
Blue Line
toward Forest Park
Blue Line
Various Special Services

Irving Park is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Blue Line. The station is located in the median of the Kennedy Expressway in the Irving Park neighborhood, though it draws its name from its cross street. Irving Park is one of two stations on the Blue Line that stops in a expressway median where the entrance is below the platform; Rosemont is the other, specifically beneath the westbound lane of the Kennedy Expressway.[2] The station opened in 1970 as a part of the Kennedy extension of the Milwaukee Elevated from Logan Square to Jefferson Park.


Bus and rail connections

Metra

CTA

  • 53 Pulaski (Owl Service)
  • 54A North Cicero/Skokie Blvd
  • 80 Irving Park

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. ↑ Rosemont Blue Line (Chicago "L".org)

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