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FOREST PARK 7300W 100S
Former Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
Station platform, c. 1910s
General information
Location	Marengo Avenue and Circle Avenue Forest Park, Illinois
Coordinates	41°53′13″N 87°48′27″W / 41.88693°N 87.80758°W / 41.88693; -87.80758
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Lake Street Elevated
Platforms	1 island platform
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
History
Opened	May 20, 1910
Closed	October 28, 1962
Former services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Terminus Lake Street Elevated Mariontoward Loop (Randolph/Wells) or Market Terminal
Location

Forest Park was an at-grade station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving as the former western terminus of the Lake Street Elevated.

History

The station was opened in 1910 as part of an extension of the Lake Street "L" into the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company's Forest Park yard. The Marion station had served as the terminal of the line since 1901. Passenger service was operated with a single track, but was expanded to two tracks by 1946. In 1962, the at-grade stations of the Lake Street "L" were moved onto the abandoned C&NW embankment, as the local stations had been abandoned since 1958. The elevation prompted the merger of the Forest Park station and the Marion station into the current Harlem/Lake station.

References

1. "Forest Park". chicago-l.org. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
2. "Marion". chicago-l.org. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

External links

• Forest Park Station Page

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