Lake station (CTA)

Lake
Location 188 North State Street
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Coordinates 41°53′05″N 87°37′40″W / 41.884809°N 87.627813°W / 41.884809; -87.627813
Owned by City of Chicago
Line(s)
  Red Line
Platforms 1 Island platform
Tracks 2
Connections

(Via State/Lake)

  Orange Line
  Green Line
  Brown Line
  Purple Line weekday rush hours only
  Pink Line


(Via The Pedway)

  Blue Line
Construction
Structure type Subway
Bicycle facilities Yes (Randolph Entrance)
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened October 17, 1943 (as part of Washington)
June 2, 1996 (as temporary Washington-Lake station)
November 18, 1997 (as permanent Lake station)
Rebuilt 1996–97 (Randolph-Washington mezzanine), 2004–05 (Lake-Randolph mezzanine and platform)
Previous names Washington (part of that station), Lake-Washington (as temporarily separate station stop)
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 7,011,372[1] Increase 7.3%
Rank 1 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station
toward Howard
Red Line
  Closed  
toward Howard
Red Line
  Pedway transfer  
toward O'Hare
Blue Line
Transfer at: Washington/Dearborn
toward Forest Park
Route map
Legend
 State Street

Red Line
north to Howard

Lake Street (
Brown, Green, Purple,
Orange, and Pink Lines

)

Benton Pl.

Randolph St.

Red Line
south to 95th/Dan Ryan

Lake (also known as Lake/State) is an 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line in the Chicago Loop that is part of the State Street Subway. Lake is a transfer station between the Red Line and the Brown, Green, Orange, Pink, and Purple Lines at the State/Lake station and the Blue Line via the Pedway. In December 2014, Lake had an average of 20,482 weekday passenger entries, making it the busiest 'L' station.[1]

Lake is linked to the Millennium Station via a Chicago Pedway connection that can be accessed at its Randolph exit.

On November 20, 2009, the pedway connecting the unpaid portions of Lake and Washington stations reopened to service.[2]

This station was originally part of the now defunct Washington station, but they were separated on June 2, 1996 due to the renovation project of the Randolph-Washington mezzanine and Lake became an independent station on November 18, 1997 in order to better facilitate transfers between the Red Line subway and the elevated State/Lake station.

Bus connections

CTA

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. 1 2 "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2015" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 11, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  2. ↑ .Retrieved November 23, 2009.

External links

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