Jefferson Park Transit Center
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Bus Terminal at the Jefferson Park Transit Center
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| Location | 4963 North Milwaukee Avenue (Metra) 4917 North Milwaukee Avenue (CTA) Jefferson Park, Chicago, Illinois 60630 |
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| Coordinates | 41°58′15″N 87°45′40″W / 41.970766°N 87.761232°WCoordinates: 41°58′15″N 87°45′40″W / 41.970766°N 87.761232°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Chicago Transit Authority & Metra | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 side platform, 1 island platform (Metra) 1 island platform (CTA) |
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| Tracks | 5 (3 Metra, 2 CTA) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |
 CTA Buses Pace Buses
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| Structure type | Elevated (Metra) Surface-Level (CTA) |
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| Platform levels | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes, $1.50 (Independent) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | B (Metra) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | Late-1850s (CStP&FDL) February 1, 1970 (CTA) |
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| Rebuilt | 1958 (C&NW) 1970 (CTA) 2000-2001 |
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| Electrified | Third rail (CTA) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2015) | 2,173,168  1.7% (CTA) |
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| Rank | 26 out of 143 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The Jefferson Park Transit Center is an intermodal passenger transport center, in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It serves as a station for rail and also as a bus terminal. Jefferson Park Transit Center's railroad station is on Metra's Union Pacific/Northwest Line, with the station located at 4963 N. Milwaukee Avenue. Jefferson Park is 8.7 miles (14.0 km) away from Ogilvie Transportation Center in downtown Chicago, the inbound terminus of the Union Pacific/Northwest Line. Under Metra's zone-based fare system, Jefferson Park is in zone B. The station is part of a larger transit center that also includes an 'L' station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Blue Line, as well as a bus station. The segment for the 'L' is a surface level station with a single island platform, located in the median of the Kennedy Expressway at 4917 N. Milwaukee Avenue. Blue Line trains run at intervals of 2–7 minutes during rush hour, and take 25 minutes to travel to the Loop. This was the terminal for Blue Line trains once the service was extended from Logan Square. The line was extended from Jefferson Park, but some weekday rush hour trips end here.
The original Jefferson Park Station was built in the late 1850s, by the Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad at ground level, and became part of the Chicago and North Western Railway when the CStP&F went bankrupt in 1859. C&NW raised it above ground in 1958. On February 1, 1970, Jefferson Park's 'L' station opened as the northwestern terminus of the Kennedy Expressway extension of the CTA's Milwaukee Line (now the Blue Line), as an addition to the Jefferson Park Chicago & North Western depot. The station was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. In 1983, the branch was extended past Jefferson Park to Rosemont. The station was renovated in 2000–2001, and an elevator added to aid access. In 2005, a monument to Thomas Jefferson was placed along the station's entrance along Milwaukee Avenue.
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