Harlem station (CTA Blue Line Congress branch)

Harlem   7200W 700S
Looking down the platform. The tracks to the left belong to the Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad(now CSX).
Location	701 South Harlem Avenue Forest Park, Illinois 60130
Coordinates	41°52′25″N 87°48′25″W / 41.87349°N 87.806961°W / 41.87349; -87.806961
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Blue Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Surface Level
History
Opened	March 20, 1960
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	386,381  5.2% (CTA)
Rank	126 out of 143
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station Oak Park toward O'Hare Blue Line Congress Branch Forest Park Terminus

Harlem is a station on the 'L' system, serving the Blue Line's Forest Park branch in Forest Park, Illinois. The station was built with an auxiliary entrance at Circle Avenue that was eventually converted to an exit only facility. The Circle Avenue entrance repoened as an auxiliary entrance/exit on September 26, 2009, at 4 PM.

Harlem opened in 1960 and is composed of a main entrance on Harlem Avenue and an auxiliary entrance on Circle Avenue, providing access to the station's platform. Harlem is open 24/7 365 days a year as part of the overnight service of the Blue Line and an annual total of 346,005 passengers have boarded the station in 2012. The station is not to be confused with the Blue Line's other station on Harlem Avenue that is located on the Kennedy Expressway portion of the line.

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