Austin station (CTA Green Line)

Austin   6000W 400N
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
General information
Location	351 North Austin Boulevard Chicago, Illinois 60644
Coordinates	41°53′14″N 87°46′27″W / 41.887293°N 87.774135°W / 41.887293; -87.774135
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Lake Branch
Platforms	1 Island Platform
Tracks	2 tracks
Connections	CTA and Pace buses
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	April 15, 1899[1]
Rebuilt	1962
Passengers
2022	272,262[2]  21.9%
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Ridgeland toward Harlem/Lake Green Line Central toward Ashland/63rd or Cottage Grove
Former services Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station Ridgeland toward Geneva Galena Division Austin toward Chicago Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Lombard Closed 1948 toward Forest Park Lake Street Elevated Menard Closed 1948 toward Loop (Randolph/Wells) or Market Terminal
Track layout Legend South Blvd. Green to Harlem/Lake Austin Blvd. Oak Park ↑ Chicago ↓ Corcoran Pl. UP-W Mason Ave. Green to Ashland/63rd or Cottage Grove
Location

Austin is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system. It is located between the Ridgeland and Central stations on the Green Line, which runs from Harlem/Lake and to Ashland/63rd and Cottage Grove. The station is located at the intersection of Austin Boulevard and Corcoran Place in the Austin neighborhood on Chicago's West Side and borders the village of Oak Park.

Austin opened on April 15, 1899, as part of a surface level extension of the Lake Street Elevated Railroad, along with Central. It was rebuilt in the early 1960s as part of a project which moved the western end of the Lake Street line off of its street level alignment and onto an abandoned strip of the parallel Chicago and Northwestern Railway's embankment. The station at Austin consists of a single island platform; a stairway and escalator connect the platform to a station building. Trains serve Austin from 3:50 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. on weekdays, from 4:55 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. on Saturdays, from 4:55 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. on Sundays. In addition to trains, Austin also serves CTA and Pace buses.