Oak Park station (CTA Green Line)

Oak Park
 
800W
100S
Location 100 South Oak Park Avenue
Oak Park, Illinois 60302
Coordinates 41°53′12″N 87°47′40″W / 41.886784°N 87.794323°W / 41.886784; -87.794323Coordinates: 41°53′12″N 87°47′40″W / 41.886784°N 87.794323°W / 41.886784; -87.794323
Line(s)
  Green Line
Platforms 1 Island platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type elevated
History
Opened January 25, 1901
Rebuilt October 28, 1962
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 504,852[1] Decrease 1.1%
Rank 109 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station
Terminus
Green Line
Route map
South Blvd.
Green Line
west to Harlem/Lake
Oak Park Ave.
North Blvd.
Union Pacific / West Line
Euclid Ave.
Green Line
east to Ashland/63rd and Cottage Grove

Oak Park is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system situated between the Ridgeland and Harlem stations on the Green Line. It is located at Oak Park Avenue and South Boulevard in the village of Oak Park, Illinois and is the closest station to the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio.

History

Oak Park station was opened on January 25, 1901, by the Lake Street Elevated Railroad as a surface-level station on the line that ran parallel to the former Chicago and Northwestern Railway line (today's Union Pacific / West Line). Both lines created an unsafe grade crossing, especially as the community moved from horse-powered vehicles to the automobile. When the C&NW elevated its line between 1908 and 1909, it created a blind spot for traffic trying to cross the Lake Street Line.

On October 28, 1962, the station was elevated on an embankment and the main entrance was rebuilt by taking advantage of the small space along the road to include a ticket window and enclosed waiting rooms. When the Green Line closed for a renovation project in 1994, the CTA had planned to permanently close the Oak Park station along with four other stations (Austin, Laramie, Homan and Halsted). However, due to the political pressure and complaints of residents, the station was retained without being rebuilt and reopened with the Green Line on May 12, 1996. When it reopened, the committee of disabled residents of Oak Park strongly protested it as one of the few stations of the Green Line that is not accessible to people with disabilities.[2]

Bus connections

Pace

Notes and references

Notes

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

References

  1. ↑ "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2015" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 11, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  2. ↑ Oak Park (Lake Street Line) Station Page


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