Austin station (CTA Blue Line)
Austin is a station on the 'L' system, serving the Blue Line's Forest Park branch. It is located at Austin Boulevard alongside the Eisenhower Expressway in Oak Park, Illinois. The station has an auxiliary entrance/exit at Lombard Avenue. After CTA Blue Line trains pass the station, the CTA line splits away from the Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad lines letting the CTA Blue Line continue into Chicago afterwards.
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Chicago 'L' rapid transit station | |||||||||||||
Location | 1050 South Austin Boulevard Oak Park, Illinois 60304 | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41.870851°N 87.776812°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | Chicago Transit Authority | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | Forest Park Branch | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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Structure type | Expressway median | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | March 20, 1960[1][2] | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2019 | 543,533[3] 4.6% (CTA) | ||||||||||||
Rank | 100 out of 143 | ||||||||||||
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References
- "CTA to Open New Congress Right of Way". Chicago Daily Tribune. March 20, 1960. p. W3.
- "Congress CTA on Permanent Right of Way". Chicago Daily Tribune. March 20, 1960. p. 25.
- "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2019" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 13, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
External links
- Media related to Austin (CTA Blue Line) at Wikimedia Commons
- Austin (Congress Line) Station Page
- Lombard Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Austin Boulevard entrance from Google Maps Street View
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