Harlem/Lake station

Harlem
File:20041122 09 CTA Green Line L Harlem Ave..jpg
Location	1 South Harlem Avenue Forest Park, Illinois 60130
Coordinates
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)
Platforms	1 Island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	at Oak Park CTA Buses Pace Buses
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	October 28, 1962
Rebuilt	1996
Previous names	Harlem Terminal
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,266,361  1% (CTA)
Rank	56 out of 143
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station Terminus Green Line Oak Park toward Ashland/63rd or Cottage Grove Metra River Forest toward Elburn Union Pacific West Transfer at: Oak Park Kedzie toward Ogilvie
Route map Legend x20px Circle Ave. x20px File:BSicon RP4sRP2.svg x20px File:BSicon DSTR-L.svg x20px Harlem Ave. ↑Forest Park ↓Oak Park x20px x20px Maple Ave. North Blvd. x20px File:BSicon uDSTR-R.svg x20px File:BSicon DSTR-L.svg x20px x20px Marion St. South Blvd. Metra UP / West Line Oak Park Green Line east to Ashland/63rd and Cottage Grove

Harlem/Lake, also known as Harlem, is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Green Line. It is the northwestern terminus of the Green Line.

History

The station opened on October 28, 1962 and was formerly called Harlem Terminal. The Lake Street Elevated went further through Oak Park and was built to Marion Street in 1901 and extended just a few blocks west past Harlem Avenue into Forest Park on May 20, 1910. It was built at street-level and the tracks also paralleled the adjacent Chicago & North Western Railroad and the street-level operation began to result a number of crossing accidents for both railroads, typically due to pedestrians and wagon drivers failing to take note of approaching trains. Neither the "L" nor the C&NW had any type of crossing protection originally. Harlem/Lake was a consolidation of the Forest Park and Marion stations.

Location

The station is located at 1 South Harlem Avenue and is the northwestern terminus of the Green Line. Though the station is officially named Harlem/Lake, Lake Street does not intersect with the station; the station is located at Harlem Avenue and South Boulevard. The station is adjacent to the Oak Park Metra commuter railroad station. It is located over the Oak Park and Forest Park boundary line at Harlem Avenue.

Bus and rail connections

CTA

• #90 Harlem

Pace

• #305 Cicero-River Forest
• #307 Harlem
• #309 Lake Street
• #313 St. Charles Road
• #318 West North Avenue
• #757 Northwest Connection
• #770 Brookfield Zoo Express-Green Line

Metra

• Union Pacific/West Line

See also

• Harlem (CTA Blue Line Congress branch station)
• Harlem (CTA Blue Line O'Hare branch station)

External links

• Harlem/Lake Station Page
• Harlem Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Marion Street entrance (also to Metra) from Google Maps Street View

File:HarlemLake destination sign.svg

Harlem destination sign