Lake Street Elevated

Lake Street Elevated
Green Line train crossing the Chicago River
Overview
StatusOperational
LocaleChicago, Illinois, United States
Oak Park, Illinois
Forest Park, Illinois
Termini
Stations15
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemChicago "L"
ServicesGreen Pink
Operator(s)Chicago Transit Authority (1947–present)
Chicago Rapid Transit Company (1924–1947)
Chicago and Oak Park Elevated Railroad (1904–1924)
Lake Street Elevated Railroad Company (1893–1904)
Rolling stock5000-series
Daily ridership27,701
(average weekday 2019)
History
OpenedNovember 6, 1893; 130 years ago (1893-11-06)
(Current operation)
Technical
Line length8.75 mi (14.08 km)
CharacterElevated
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
ElectrificationThird rail, 600 V DC
Route map

Loop
Market Street stub
Chicago River
Canal
Ogilvie Trans-
portation Center
Clinton
Halsted
Morgan
Racine
Loomis
Ashland
Lake Street Transfer
Logan Square branch
Wood
Damen
Oakley
Campbell
California
Sacramento
Kedzie
Homan
Conservatory–Central Park Drive
Hamlin
Hamlin yard and shops
Pulaski
Kostner
Belt Railway of Chicago
Cicero
Laramie
Long Avenue
Pine Avenue
Central Avenue
Central
Parkside Avenue
Menard
Menard Avenue
Mason Avenue
Austin
Austin Avenue
Lombard
Lombard Avenue
Cuyler Avenue shuttle
Randolph Street branch
Ridgeland
Ridgeland Avenue
Euclid Avenue
Oak Park
Oak Park Avenue
Home Avenue
Marion Avenue
Marion
Oak Park | Harlem/Lake
Illinois 43.svg
IL 43
Harlem Avenue
Oak Park
Forest Park
Forest Park

The Lake Street Elevated, also known as the Lake branch, is a 8.75 mi (14.08 km) 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 February 2013, the branch serves an average of 27,217 passengers each weekday.[1] It serves the Near West Side, East Garfield Park, West Garfield Park, and Austin neighborhoods of Chicago, as well as the suburbs Oak Park and Forest Park. It owes its name to Lake Street, the street that the branch overlooks for 6.25 mi (10.06 km) before continuing its route straight west, adjacent to South Boulevard, towards the terminus at Harlem/Lake.

  1. ^ "Ridership Report: February 2013" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority. transitchicago.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 4, 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2013.