Oak Park station (CTA Blue Line)

Oak Park
 
800W
900S
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 / 41.872108; -87.791602
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)
  Blue Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Expressway median
History
Opened March 20, 1960[1][2]
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 536,954[3] Decrease 3% (CTA)
Rank 104 out of 143
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station
Forest Park Branch
toward O'Hare
Blue Line
toward Forest Park

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

Pace

  • 311 Oak Park Avenue

Notes and references

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ "CTA to Open New Congress Right of Way". Chicago Daily Tribune. March 20, 1960. p. W3.
    2. ↑ "Congress CTA on Permanent Right of Way". Chicago Daily Tribune. March 20, 1960. p. 25.
    3. ↑ "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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