Harlem (CTA Blue Line O'Hare branch station)

Harlem
Location	5550 North Harlem Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60656
Coordinates	41°58′57″N 87°48′25″W / 41.982456°N 87.80705°W / 41.982456; -87.80705
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Blue Line
Platforms	1 Island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	CTA and Pace Buses
Construction
Structure type	Surface Level
Parking	53 Spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	February 27, 1983
Rebuilt	2016
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	951,291  2% (CTA)
Rank	76 out of 143
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station Cumberland toward O'Hare Blue Line O'Hare Branch Jefferson Park toward Forest Park
Route map Blue Line west to O'Hare Harlem Ave. Blue Line east to Forest Park

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.

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.

CTA

Pace

Harlem Transit Center Sign

Harlem Station Mural

View of the Kennedy Expressway from the platform

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