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| Station statistics |
| Address |
711 S. Des Plaines Avenue,
Forest Park, Illinois 60130 |
| Coordinates |
(7650 W/700 S) |
| Lines |
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| Structure |
Elevated |
| Platforms |
1 island platform |
| Tracks |
2 |
| Parking |
 1051 Spaces |
| Other information |
| Opened |
March 11, 1905 |
| Rebuilt |
1953, 1959, 1981-82 |
| Accessible |
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| Owned by |
Chicago Transit Authority |
| Formerly |
Desplaines |
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| Traffic (CTA) |
| Passengers (2006) |
1,141,199 ▲ 2% |
Forest Park is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, located in the city of Forest Park and serving the Blue Line. It is the western terminus of the Forest Park branch. The station was known as Desplaines until 1994. The station contains a 1051-space Park and Ride lot which uses the "Pay and Display" system, in which fees are paid at the lot entrance. This system is unique among CTA Park and Ride lots; at all other lots, fees are paid in numbered boxes in the station house.
[edit] Bus Connections
CTA Buses
Pace Buses
- #301 Roosevelt Road
- #303 Madison Street-9th Avenue
- #305 Cicero-River Forest
- #308 Medical Center
- #310 Madison Street-Hillside
- #317 Westchester
- #318 West North Avenue
- #320 Madison Street
- #391 Near West Suburbs-United Parcel Service Hodgkins
- #393 Melrose Park-United Parcel Service Addison
- #747 DuPage Connection
- #757 Northwest Connection
- #767 Congress/Douglas-Prairie Stone Connection
[edit] References
1051 Spaces
