Jefferson Park (CTA)

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	Jefferson Park
Coordinates: 4900 N, 5400 W Lines: Blue Platforms: 1 island platform Opened: 1970 2006 passenger entrances: 1,963,254 3%

Jefferson Park is an 'L' station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Blue Line. It is a surface level station with a single island platform, located in the median of the Kennedy Expressway at 4917 North Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago's Jefferson Park neighborhood. The station is part of a larger transit center that also includes the Jefferson Park Metra station on the Union Pacific/Northwest Line, and a bus terminal served by the #56 (Milwaukee), #81 (Lawrence), #85 (Central), and #92 (Foster) CTA bus routes and the #225, #226, and #270 Pace bus routes.

[edit] History

Jefferson Park station opened as the northwestern terminus of the Kennedy Expressway extension of the CTA's Milwaukee Line (now the Blue Line)^[1]. The station was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. In 1983 the branch was extended past Jefferson Park to O'Hare Airport. The station was renovated in 2000–2001, and an elevator added to aid access.

[edit] References

1. ^ Jefferson Park. Chicago-"L".org (URL accessed October 8, 2006).

[edit] External links

• Train schedule (PDF) at CTA official site

• Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 41.970766° -87.761232°
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Next station	Chicago 'L' lines			Next station
To: Forest Park or 54/Cermak Montrose		Blue Line		To: O'Hare Harlem