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Oak Lawn station

Oak Lawn Patriot
SouthWest Service
General information
Location9525 South Tulley Avenue
Oak Lawn, Illinois
Coordinates41°43′10″N 87°44′55″W / 41.7195°N 87.7485°W / 41.7195; -87.7485
Owned byVillage of Oak Lawn
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport Pace Buses
Construction
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone3
History
Opened1984[citation needed]
Passengers
20181,186 (average weekday)[1]Decrease 10.8%
Rank31 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station
Chicago Ridge
toward Manhattan
SouthWest Service Ashburn
Former services
Preceding station Norfolk and Western Railway Following station
Chicago Ridge Orland Park Cannonball Ashburn
toward Chicago
Preceding station Wabash Railroad Following station
Chicago Ridge Main Line Ashburn
toward Chicago
Location
Map

Oak Lawn Patriot is a station on Metra's SouthWest Service in Oak Lawn, Illinois. The station is 14.7 miles (23.7 km) away from Chicago Union Station, the northern terminus of the line.[2][3] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Oak Lawn Patriot is in zone 3. As of 2018, it is the 31st busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 1,186 weekday boardings.[1]

As of February 15, 2024, Oak Lawn Patriot is served by all 30 trains (15 in each direction) on weekdays. Saturday service is currently suspended.

The station was renamed Oak Lawn Patriot in 2012, due to the newly constructed 9/11 memorial on the station site.[4][5] The memorial features two steel columns from the demolished pre-2001 World Trade Center twin towers in New York City displayed as a memorial to the victims of the September 11 attacks. Most official websites, as well as on-train announcements refer to the station as Oak Lawn Patriot, however timetables and other sources may still refer to it as simply Oak Lawn.

Trains operate as far north as Chicago Union Station, and as far south as Orland Park and Manhattan.

Bus connections

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Pace

  • 381 95th Street
  • 395 95th/Dan Ryan CTA/UPS Hodgkins (Weekday UPS shifts only)

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 26, 2019.
  2. ^ Metra Railfan Tips - SouthWest Service
  3. ^ "Oak Lawn Patriot Station | Metra". metra.com. Retrieved August 3, 2025.
  4. ^ "Patriot Station". Patriot Station. January 19, 2012. Retrieved August 3, 2025.
  5. ^ "Construction of the Oak Lawn Metra Station/Patriot Station Parking Garage - 2005.005.003 | Oak Lawn Public Library". olpl.pastperfectonline.com. Retrieved August 3, 2025.
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