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O'Hare Branch

Blue Line
Blue Line at California heading to Forest Park.jpg
A Blue Line train of 2600-series cars at California station on the O'Hare branch in April 2015.
Overview
Type Rapid transit
System Chicago "L"
Status Operational
Locale Chicago, Oak Park, Forest Park and Rosemont, Illinois
Termini O'Hare
Forest Park
Stations 33 (3 permanently closed)
Services O'Hare–Forest Park
Daily ridership 186,796
(avg. weekday September 2012)
Operation
Opened February 21, 1993 (Current operation)
Owner Chicago Transit Authority
Operator(s) Chicago Transit Authority
Character Subway and Elevated
Rolling stock 2600-series
Technical
Line length 26.93 mi (43.3 km)
Track gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)
Electrification Third rail, 600 V DC
Route map
O'Hare O'Hare International Airport
I-190
Airport Transit
System
NCS
Rosemont Park and ride Bus interchange
Des Plaines River
I-90
Cumberland Park and ride Bus interchange
Harlem Park and ride Bus interchange
UP-NW to
Harvard or
McHenry
Jefferson Park
Transit Center
Bus interchange
MD-N to Fox Lake
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