Forest Park station

Forest Park
 
7650W
700S
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
General information
Location711 Des Plaines Avenue
Forest Park, Illinois 60130
Coordinates41°52′27″N 87°49′02″W / 41.874257°N 87.817318°W / 41.874257; -87.817318
Owned byChicago Transit Authority, Village of Forest Park
Line(s)Forest Park Branch
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Parking 1,051 spaces
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedMarch 11, 1905; 119 years ago (1905-03-11)
Rebuilt1953; 71 years ago (1953),
1959; 65 years ago (1959),
1981–1982; 42 years ago (1982)
Previous namesDes Plaines
Passengers
2022356,015[1]Increase 6.4%
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Terminus Blue Line
Harlem
toward O'Hare
Former services
Preceding station Chicago Great Western Railway Following station
Maywood
toward Omaha
OmahaChicago Chicago
Terminus
Preceding station Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad Following station
Altenheim Chicago & Northern Pacific – Main Line South Oak Park
toward Chicago
Preceding station Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad Following station
5th Avenue–Maywood
toward Wheaton
Main Line Oak Park
One-way operation
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Terminus Garfield Park branch Hannah
Closed 1952
toward Marshfield
5th Avenue
Closed 1951
Westchester branch Terminus
Location
Map

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 western terminus of the Forest Park branch. The station was known as Des Plaines until 1994. It is also referred to as the Forest Park Transit Center by Pace because it is a major terminal for Pace buses.[2] The station contains a 1,051-space Park and Ride lot which uses the "Pay and Display" system, in which fees are paid at the lot entrance. It is located south of the Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad tracks which curve to the north of the station towards Madison Street where the line rechristens itself to the Canadian National Railway's Waukesha Subdivision.

  1. ^ "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2022" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. February 2, 2023. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  2. ^ "Search Results: Forest Park Transit Center - CTA". Pace Bus. Archived from the original on 2015-07-13. Retrieved 2010-03-16.