Line(s) Blue Line Structure type Surface Level Opened 27 February 1983 Rebuilt 2016 | Platforms 1 Island platform Parking 53 Spaces Owner Chicago Transit Authority Tracks 2 | |
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Location 5550 North Harlem Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60656 Owned by Chicago Transit Authority Address Chicago, IL, United States Connections Chicago Transit Authority, Pace Similar Norwood Park station, Harlem, Linden (CTA), Jefferson Park Transit C, 54th/Cermak station | ||
Harlem, also known as Harlem/Higgins, is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Blue Line. It is not to be confused with the CTA Congress Branch station of the same name. Trains run from Harlem every 2–7 minutes during rush hour, and take 30–45 minutes to travel to the Loop. O'Hare bound trains take 10 minutes to reach the airport from Harlem. The station is located in the northwest side neighborhood of Norwood Park.
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History
Harlem station opened on February 27, 1983 as part of an extension of the West-Northwest line from Jefferson Park. 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.
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