Central Park (CTA station)

Central Park
Location	1915 South Central Park Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60623
Coordinates	41°51′14″N 87°42′53″W / 41.853839°N 87.714842°W
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Pink Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	December 9, 1951
Rebuilt	1977, 2002–04
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	425,670[1]  1.9%
Rank	119 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station Pulaski toward 54th/Cermak Pink Line Kedzie toward The Loop
Route map Legend Pink Line east to Loop Central Park Ave. Millard Ave. Ogden Ave. Pink Line west to 54/Cermak

Central Park is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Pink Line and the North Lawndale neighborhood. The station opened on December 9, 1951, as a replacement for the closed Drake, Lawndale, and Homan stations.

Bus connections

CTA

• 21 Cermak
• 82 Kimball/Homan

Notes and references

Notes

1. Due to possible double-counting of physically-connected stations, the CTA's official 2015 tally of stations was 146, but for ridership purposes reported having only 143 stations.

References

1. "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2015" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 11, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2016.

External links

• Central Park Station page
• Central Park Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View

From the platform