Austin station (CTA Blue Line)
Austin 1W 1000S | |||||||||||||
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Chicago 'L' rapid transit station | |||||||||||||
Location | 1050 South Austin Boulevard Oak Park, Illinois 60304 | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°52′15″N 87°46′37″W / 41.870851°N 87.776812°WCoordinates: 41°52′15″N 87°46′37″W / 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 | |||||||||||||
2020 | 207,693[3] 61.8% (CTA) | ||||||||||||
Rank | 101 out of 143 | ||||||||||||
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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.
Bus connections[]
- 91 Austin
- 315 Austin Boulevard
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.
- ^ "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2020" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 19, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
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
Categories:
- CTA Blue Line stations
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1960
- Oak Park, Illinois
- 1960 establishments in Illinois
- Chicago Transit Authority stubs
- Illinois railway station stubs