Monroe station (CTA Red Line)

Monroe
Location 26 South State Street
Chicago, IL 60603
Coordinates 41°52′51″N 87°37′40″W / 41.880745°N 87.627696°W / 41.880745; -87.627696
Owned by City of Chicago
Line(s)
  Red Line
Platforms 1 Island Platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Subway
Bicycle facilities Yes
History
Opened October 17, 1943
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 3,218,135[1] Increase 5.6%
Rank 12 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station
toward Howard
Red Line
Jackson station (CTA Red Line)
  Closed  
toward Howard
Red Line
Jackson station (CTA Red Line)
Route map
Legend

 State St.

Red Line
north to Howard

Madison St.

Monroe St.
Marble Pl.

Adams St.

Red Line
south to 95th/Dan Ryan

Monroe (also Monroe/State) is an 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line. The station opened on October 17, 1943, as part of the State Street Subway. The station is located in the Chicago Loop, and is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

History

Monroe station has retained many of its original features from its opening in 1943, such as the officers cabins, some auxiliary signaling and the Madison-Monroe mezzanine, which is named for the crossing of Madison Street and Monroe Street. Until October 2006, there was a station between Monroe and Lake: Washington/State station. Washington/State is located near Monroe. Passengers can walk onto the closed station platform from Monroe.

In 2009, The CTA put new station wall signs over the old blue station wall signs in order to better direct people to the mezzanines.

The station gives direct access to the adjacent Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building, a National Historic Landmark and Chicago Landmark that is also part of the Loop Retail Historic District.[2]

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. ↑ "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2014" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority Ridership Analysis and Reporting. March 5, 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
  2. ↑ Monroe/State Station (Chicago-'L'.org)

External links

Media related to Monroe/State (CTA) at Wikimedia Commons

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