Austin station (CTA Blue Line)

Austin is a station on the 'L' system, serving the Blue Line's Forest Park branch. It is located at Austin Boulevard alongside the Eisenhower Expressway in Oak Park, Illinois. The station has an auxiliary entrance/exit at Lombard Avenue. After CTA Blue Line trains pass the station, the CTA line splits away from the Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad lines letting the CTA Blue Line continue into Chicago afterwards.

Austin
 
1W
1000S
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
Location1050 South Austin Boulevard
Oak Park, Illinois 60304
Coordinates41.870851°N 87.776812°W / 41.870851; -87.776812
Owned byChicago Transit Authority
Line(s)Forest Park Branch
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeExpressway median
History
OpenedMarch 20, 1960[1][2]
Passengers
2019543,533[3]  4.6% (CTA)
Rank100 out of 143
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Oak Park
toward Forest Park
 Blue Line
 Cicero
toward O'Hare
Former services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Oak Park
toward Des Plaines
 Congress Branch Central
Closed 1973
toward O'Hare

Bus connections

CTA

  • 91 Austin

Pace

  • 315 Austin Boulevard

References
  1. "CTA to Open New Congress Right of Way". Chicago Daily Tribune. March 20, 1960. p. W3.
  2. "Congress CTA on Permanent Right of Way". Chicago Daily Tribune. March 20, 1960. p. 25.
  3. "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2019" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 13, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
A CTA train heads towards the Austin station in 1968 (then known as the Congress Branch instead of the Blue Line)


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