Adams/Wabash (CTA station)

Adams/Wabash
Location	201–23 South Wabash Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60604
Coordinates	41°52′46″N 87°37′34″W / 41.8795°N 87.6261°W
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Brown Line   Green Line   Orange Line   Purple Line weekday rush hours only   Pink Line
Platforms	2 Side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	November 8, 1896
Rebuilt	1987–89
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	2,131,441[1]  2.1%
Rank	23 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station Harold Washington Library – State/Van Buren One-way operation Brown Line Randolph/Wabash toward Kimball Randolph/Wabash toward Harlem/Lake Green Line Roosevelt toward Ashland/63rd or Cottage Grove Randolph/Wabash One-way operation Orange Line Roosevelt toward Midway Purple Line Harold Washington Library – State/Van Buren toward Linden Pink Line Harold Washington Library – State/Van Buren toward 54th/Cermak
Route map Legend Brown and Green Lines north to Kimball and Harlem/Lake Adams St. Purple, Orange, Green, and Pink Lines south to Linden, Midway, Ashland/63rd, Cottage Grove, and 54th/Cermak

Adams/Wabash is an 'L' station serving the CTA's Brown, Green, Orange, Pink, and Purple Lines. Until 1963, it also served interurban trains of the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad. It is the closest CTA station to Symphony Center, home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the Art Institute of Chicago.

Bus connections

CTA

• #1 Indiana/Hyde Park
• #7 Harrison
• #X28 Stony Island Express
• #126 Jackson
• #151 Sheridan

Notes and references

Notes

1. Due to possible double-counting of physically-connected stations, the CTA's official 2014 tally of stations was 145, but for ridership purposes reported having only 143 stations.

References

1. "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2014" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority Ridership Analysis and Reporting. March 5, 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2015.

External links

Media related to Adams/Wabash (CTA) at Wikimedia Commons

• Adams/Wabash Station Page at Chicago-L.org
• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. IL-1-C, "Union Elevated Railroad, Adams Street Station"
• Adams Street entrance from Google Maps Street View