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Harlem (CTA Blue Line O'Hare branch)
Encyclopedia
Harlem is a station
on the Chicago Transit Authority
's 'L' system
, serving the Blue Line
. Trains run from Harlem every 2–7 minutes during rush-hour periods, and take 30 - 45 minutes to travel to the Loop. O'Hare bound trains take 10 minutes to reach the airport from Harlem. It is not to be confused with Harlem station on the Forest Park Branch of the Blue Line.
. Like the Dan Ryan line
stations, Harlem station sits in the median of the Kennedy Expressway. Where Dan Ryan stations were all designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
to be aesthetically similar in appearance, stations on the extension beyond Jefferson Park were designed by four different firms in a variety of architectural styles. The Harlem station, which was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
, shares the boxy, open design of the Dan Ryan line stations.
Pace
Metro station
A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....
on the Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago Transit Authority, also known as CTA, is the operator of mass transit within the City of Chicago, Illinois and some of its surrounding suburbs....
's 'L' system
Chicago 'L'
The L is the rapid transit system serving the city of Chicago and some of its surrounding suburbs. It is operated by the Chicago Transit Authority...
, serving the Blue Line
Blue Line (Chicago Transit Authority)
The Blue Line consists of a long trunk line in the Chicago Transit Authority's rapid transit system which extends through Chicago's Loop from O'Hare International Airport at the far northwest end of the city, through downtown via the Milwaukee-Dearborn subway, and across the West Side to its...
. Trains run from Harlem every 2–7 minutes during rush-hour periods, and take 30 - 45 minutes to travel to the Loop. O'Hare bound trains take 10 minutes to reach the airport from Harlem. It is not to be confused with Harlem station on the Forest Park Branch of the Blue Line.
History
Harlem station was opened on February 27, 1983 as part of an extension of the West-Northwest line from Jefferson ParkJefferson Park (Metra-CTA)
The Jefferson Park Transit Center is an intermodal passenger transport center, in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It functions as a station for rail as well as rapid transit and also as a bus terminal. Jefferson Park Transit Center's railroad station is on Metra's Union...
. Like the Dan Ryan line
Red Line (Chicago Transit Authority)
The northern terminus of the Red Line is Howard Street in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago , on the City Limits farthest north. The Red Line extends southeasterly on an elevated embankment structure about a half-mile west of the lakefront to Touhy Avenue then turns south along Glenwood...
stations, Harlem station sits in the median of the Kennedy Expressway. Where Dan Ryan stations were all designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP is an American architectural and engineering firm that was formed in Chicago in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings; in 1939 they were joined by John O. Merrill. They opened their first branch in New York City, New York in 1937. SOM is one of the largest...
to be aesthetically similar in appearance, stations on the extension beyond Jefferson Park were designed by four different firms in a variety of architectural styles. The Harlem station, which was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP is an American architectural and engineering firm that was formed in Chicago in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings; in 1939 they were joined by John O. Merrill. They opened their first branch in New York City, New York in 1937. SOM is one of the largest...
, shares the boxy, open design of the Dan Ryan line stations.
Bus connections
CTA-
#64 Foster/Canfield -
#88 Higgins -
#90 Harlem -
#90N North Harlem
Pace
Pace (transit)
Pace is the suburban bus division of the Regional Transportation Authority in the Chicago metropolitan area. It was created in 1983 by the RTA Act, which established the formula that provides funding to CTA, Metra and Pace. In 2010, Pace had 35.077 million riders. Pace's headquarters are in...
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#209 Busse Highway -
#423 Linden CTA-The Glen-Harlem CTA
See also
- Harlem (CTA Blue Line Congress branch station)
- Harlem (CTA Green Line station)