Harlem (CTA Blue Line O'Hare branch)

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	Harlem

Station statistics

Address

5550 N. Harlem Avenue,
Chicago, IL 60656

Coordinates

(7200 W/5600 N)

Lines

Blue Line

Connections

CTA Bus

Structure

Surface Level

Platforms

1 Island Platform

Tracks

Parking

53 Spaces

Bicycle facilities

Yes

Other information

Opened

February 27, 1983

Accessible

Owned by

Chicago Transit Authority

Traffic (CTA)

Passengers (2006)

867,414 ▲ 2%

Harlem is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, located at 41°58′N 87°43′WCoordinates: 41°58′N 87°43′W,serving the Blue Line.

[edit] History

Harlem station was opened on February 27, 1983 as part of an extension of the O'Hare Line. 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.