Oak Park (CTA Blue Line station)

Oak Park
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
Line(s)	Blue Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Surface Level
History
Opened	March 20, 1960[1][2]
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	553,524[3]  0.5% (CTA)
Rank	105 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station Austin toward O'Hare Blue Line Congress Branch Harlem 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 located 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 technically 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

Gallery

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  Oak Park Station staircase to South East Avenue.

Notes and references

Notes

1. Due to possible double-counting of physically-connected stations, the CTA's official 2015 tally of stations was 146, but for ridership purposes reported having only 143 stations.

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. "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2015" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 11, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2016.

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