Harlem/Lake, announced as Harlem, is a
station
Station may refer to:
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on the
Chicago Transit Authority
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is the operator of mass transit in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and some of its surrounding suburbs, including the trains of the Chicago 'L' and CTA bus service. In , the system had a ridership of , o ...
's
'L' system, serving the
Green Line
Green Line may refer to:
Places Military and political
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* Green Line (Israel), the 1949 armistice line established between Israel and its neighbours
** City 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
The Lake Street Elevated, also known as the Lake branch, is a long branch of the Chicago "L" which is located west of the Chicago Loop and serves the Green Line for its entire length, as well as the Pink Line east of Ashland Avenue. As of Febr ...
went further through Oak Park and was built to Marion Street in 1901 and extended just a few blocks west past Harlem Avenue to
Forest Park station
Forest Park is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, located in the village of Forest Park, Illinois and serving the Blue Line. Before the Congress Line was built, it served as terminal for the Garfield Line. It is the weste ...
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 was a consolidation of the Forest Park and Marion stations.
Location
The station is located at 1 South
Harlem Avenue
Harlem Avenue is a major north–south street located in Chicago and its west, southwest, and northwest suburbs. It stretches from Glenview Road in Glenview to the intersection of East South Street and South Drecksler Road in Peotone, where i ...
and is the northwestern terminus of the Green Line. Though the station is named Harlem/Lake, Lake Street does not intersect with the station; the station is located at Harlem Avenue and South Boulevard. The station is next to the
Oak Park Metra commuter railroad station. It is located between the
Oak Park and
Forest Park
A forest park is a park whose main theme is its forest of trees. Forest parks are found both in the mountains and in the urban environment.
Examples Chile
* Forest Park, Santiago
China
*Gongqing Forest Park, Shanghai
* Mufushan National Fores ...
boundary line at Harlem Avenue.
Bus and rail connections
CTA
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90 Harlem
Pace
Pace or paces may refer to:
Business
*Pace (transit), a bus operator in the suburbs of Chicago, US
* Pace Airlines, an American charter airline
*Pace Foods, a maker of a popular brand of salsa sold in North America, owned by Campbell Soup Compan ...
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307 Harlem
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309 Lake Street
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313 St. Charles Road
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318 West North Avenue
Metra
Metra is the commuter rail system in the Chicago metropolitan area serving the city of Chicago and its surrounding suburbs via the Union Pacific Railroad, BNSF Railway, and other railroads. The system operates 242 stations on 11 rail lines. I ...
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Union Pacific/West Line
The Union Pacific West Line (UP-W) is a Metra commuter rail line operated by Union Pacific Railroad in Chicago, Illinois and its western suburbs. Metra does not refer to its lines by particular colors, but the timetable accents for the Union Paci ...
See also
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Harlem (CTA Blue Line Congress branch station)
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Harlem (CTA Blue Line O'Hare branch station)
Harlem is a Chicago "L" station serving the Blue Line (CTA), Blue Line's O'Hare branch. It is not to be confused with the other Blue Line station. Trains run from Harlem every 2–7 minutes during rush hour, and take 30–45 minutes to travel to ...
Notes and references
Notes
References
External links
Harlem/Lake Station PageHarlem Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street ViewMarion Street entrance (also to Metra) from Google Maps Street View
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CTA Green Line stations
Chicago "L" terminal stations
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1962
Oak Park, Illinois
Forest Park, Illinois
CTA stations located above ground