Forest Park station

Forest Park   7650W 700S
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
General information
Location	711 Des Plaines Avenue Forest Park, Illinois 60130
Coordinates	41°52′27″N 87°49′02″W / 41.874257°N 87.817318°W / 41.874257; -87.817318
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority, Village of Forest Park
Line(s)	Forest Park Branch
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Parking	1,051 spaces
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	March 11, 1905; 119 years ago (1905-03-11)
Rebuilt	1953; 71 years ago (1953), 1959; 65 years ago (1959), 1981–1982; 42 years ago (1982)
Previous names	Des Plaines
Passengers
2022	356,015[1]  6.4%
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Terminus Blue Line Harlem toward O'Hare
Former services Preceding station Chicago Great Western Railway Following station Maywood toward Omaha Omaha – Chicago Chicago Terminus Preceding station Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad Following station Altenheim toward Thatcher's Park Chicago & Northern Pacific – Main Line South Oak Park toward Chicago Preceding station Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad Following station 5th Avenue–Maywood toward Wheaton Main Line Oak Park One-way operation Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Terminus Garfield Park branch Hannah Closed 1952 toward Marshfield 5th Avenue Closed 1951 toward Mannheim/22nd Westchester branch Terminus
Track layout Legend Blue to O'Hare Des Plaines Ave. Blue ends to Desplaines Yard
Location

Forest Park is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, located in the village of Forest Park, Illinois and serving the Blue Line. Before the Congress Line was built, it served as terminal for the Garfield Line. It is the western terminus of the Forest Park branch. The station was known as Des Plaines until 1994. It is also referred to as the Forest Park Transit Center by Pace because it is a major terminal for Pace buses.^[2] The station contains a 1,051-space Park and Ride lot which uses the "Pay and Display" system, in which fees are paid at the lot entrance. It is located south of the Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad tracks which curve to the north of the station towards Madison Street where the line rechristens itself to the Canadian National Railway's Waukesha Subdivision.