Harlem (CTA Blue Line Congress branch station)

Harlem

Looking down the platform. The tracks to the left belong to the Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad.
Station statistics
Address 701 South Harlem Avenue
Forest Park, Illinois 60130
Lines
  Blue Line
Structure Surface Level
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened March 20, 1960[1][2]
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Traffic
Passengers (2008) 302,752  8.5% (CTA)
Services
Preceding station   Chicago 'L'   Following station
toward O'Hare
 Blue Line
Terminus

Harlem is a station on the 'L' system, serving the Blue Line's Forest Park branch. The station was built with an auxiliary entrance at Circle Avenue that was eventually converted to an exit only facility. The Circle Avenue entrance repoened as an auxiliary entrance/exit on September 26, 2009, at 4 PM.[3]

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Bus connections

Pace

See also

References

  1. ^ "CTA to Open New Congress Right of Way". Chicago Daily Tribune: p. W3. March 20, 1960. 
  2. ^ "Congress CTA on Permanent Right of Way". Chicago Daily Tribune: p. 25. March 20, 1960. 
  3. ^ "Changes to Circle Avenue Exit at the Harlem Station on Forest Park Branch" (Press release). CTA. 2009-09-25. http://www.transitchicago.com/news/default.aspx?Month=&Year=&Category=2&ArticleId=2467. 

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