Ridgeland is a
station 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. It is located in the suburb of
Oak Park just west of Chicago. To the north of the station is the triple tracked
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 ...
.
Station layout
The station consists of a two tracks single
island platform
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...
with an entrance at the west end of the platform. There formerly existed an entrance at the eastern end of the platform, but this entrance has been permanently closed.
Bus connections
CTA
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86 Narragansett/Ridgeland (Weekdays only)
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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309 Lake Street
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313 St. Charles Road
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314 Ridgeland Avenue (Monday-Saturday only)
References
External links
Ridgeland station pageat Chicago-L.org
Ridgeland Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
CTA Green Line stations
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1901
Oak Park, Illinois
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