O'Hare station

O'Hare

Chicago 'L' rapid transit station

General information

Location

1000 O'Hare Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60666

Coordinates

41°58′52″N 87°54′03″W / 41.981127°N 87.900876°W

Owned by

Chicago Transit Authority

Line(s)

O'Hare Branch

Platforms

1 bay platform

Tracks

Connections

Airport Transit System
Pace Buses

Construction

Structure type

Subway

Parking

Bicycle facilities

Yes

Accessible

Yes

Other information

IATA code

ORD

History

Opened

September 3, 1984; 39 years ago

Passengers

2022

2,368,464^[1]

31.6%

Services

Preceding station	Chicago "L"			Following station
Terminus		Blue Line		Rosemont toward Forest Park

Track layout

Legend







					Blue to Forest Park

Location

O'Hare is a Chicago "L" station located at O'Hare International Airport, 17 miles (27 km) northwest of The Loop. The northwestern terminus of the Chicago Transit Authority's Blue Line, it is a subway station with two island platforms serving three tracks, situated under the parking garage for Terminals 1, 2, and 3. Trains are scheduled to depart from O'Hare every 2–7 minutes during rush-hour periods and take about 40 minutes to travel to the Loop. It is the westernmost station of the Chicago 'L' system. It is also the only station without coordinates in Chicago's grid system, the only underground terminus, and is the only terminal that does not directly connect to any CTA or Pace buses. It is also one of two terminals (the other being Dempster–Skokie on the Yellow Line) that does not have a yard assigned to it (the yard is located at Rosemont, one stop east).

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History

O'Hare destination sign

O'Hare station opened on September 3, 1984, as the terminus of an extension of the West-Northwest route from its former terminal at River Road.^[2] It was built to a design by the architectural firm Murphy/Jahn.^[3]

Introduction of premium fare

For the first 28 years of O'Hare station's operations, passengers paid the same fare to enter as they would at any other "L" station. A premium fare was imposed on O'Hare passengers in 2013; first (in January 2013), only passengers buying single-ride tickets had to pay the surcharge; by July of the same year, the surcharge was imposed on most other passengers (those using Ventra or a Ventra Card Plus) as well.^[4]

Accident

On March 24, 2014, a train approaching the station on the middle track collided with the bumper, then jumped the tracks and crashed into the escalators, injuring 32 people.^[5] The station reopened on March 30, 2014, at 2:00 p.m.^[6]

Architecture

The station was designed by Helmut Jahn of Murphy/Jahn in the distinctive Postmodernism style. The column-free platform is paved with concrete and the walls are constructed of wavy glass block with backlighting. The mezzanine is designed to mimic an airplane fuselage.^{[citation needed]}