- O'Hare (CTA station)
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O'Hare 
Station statistics Address 1000 O'Hare Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60666Coordinates 41°58′52″N 87°54′03″W / 41.981127°N 87.900876°WCoordinates: 41°58′52″N 87°54′03″W / 41.981127°N 87.900876°W Lines Connections Airport Transit System
Pace BusesStructure Subway Platforms 2 island platforms Tracks 3 Bicycle facilities Yes Other information Opened September 3, 1984 Accessible 
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority Traffic Passengers (2009) 2,993,075[1] 
0.7%Services Preceding station Chicago 'L' Following station Terminus Blue Line Rosemonttoward Forest ParkO'Hare is the 'L' station at the northwestern terminus of the CTA's Blue Line. It is a subway station with two island platforms serving three tracks, located at O'Hare International Airport, 17 miles (27 km) northwest of the Chicago Loop. Trains are scheduled to depart from O'Hare roughly every 2-7 minutes during rush-hour periods, and take about 40 minutes to travel to the Loop. It is also the only CTA station without coordinates. The reason for this is that O'Hare Airport doesn't line up with any streets in the city. Since its opening there were rumors of an extension westward to Schaumburg either in the Tollway Median or parallelling Higgins Road. This was eventually cancelled when Metra planned a first of its kind trans-suburban commuter line known as the Suburban Transit Access Route.
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History
O'Hare station opened on September 3, 1984, as the terminus of an extension of the Blue Line from its former terminal at River Road.[2] It was built to a design by the architectural firm Murphy/Jahn.[3]
Bus and rail connections
Take Airport Transit System to Remote Parking Stop to access connections
- #250 Dempster Street
- #330 Manneheim-LaGrange Roads
References
- ^ "Rail Ridership by Branch and Entrance: December 2009" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority. http://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/ridership_reports/2009-12.pdf. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
- ^ Papajohn, George (September 4, 1984). "O'Hare's 'L' Service Gets Inaugural Cheer". Chicago Tribune: p. A1.
- ^ O'Hare. Chicago-"L".org (URL accessed September, 30 2006).
External links
Media related to O'Hare (CTA) at Wikimedia CommonsCategories:- CTA Blue Line stations
- CTA 'L' terminal stations
- Airport railway stations in the United States
- Railway stations opened in 1984
- O'Hare International Airport
- Chicago Transit Authority stubs
- Illinois railway station stubs
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