Lake station (CTA)

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Lake station (CTA) - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 41°53′05″N 87°37′40″W / 41.884809°N 87.627813°W

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Lake

200N
0E/0W

Chicago 'L' rapid transit station

General information

Location

188 North State Street
Chicago, Illinois 60601

Coordinates

41°53′05″N 87°37′40″W / 41.884809°N 87.627813°W

Owned by

City of Chicago

Line(s)

State Street subway

Platforms

1 Island platform

Tracks

Connections

Blue at Washington via The Pedway
Brown Green Orange Pink Purple at State/Lake

Construction

Structure type

Subway

Bicycle facilities

Yes (Randolph Entrance)

Accessible

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)

Passengers

2022

2,749,185^[1]

33.1%

Rank

1 out of 143

Services

Preceding station	Chicago "L"			Following station
Grand toward Howard		Red Line		Monroe toward 95th/Dan Ryan

Former services

Preceding station	Chicago "L"			Following station
Grand toward Howard		Red Line		Washington Closed 2006 toward 95th/Dan Ryan

Track layout

Legend

State St.

Red north to Howard

Lake St.

(

Brown Green Orange

Pink and Purple Express

)

Benton Pl.

Randolph St.

Red south to 95th/Dan Ryan

Location

Lake 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 at Washington via the Chicago Pedway. In 2019, Lake had an average of 19,364 weekday passenger entries, making it the busiest 'L' station.^[2]

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

On November 20, 2009, the Chicago Pedway connecting the unpaid portions of Lake and Washington stations reopened to service.^[3]

This station was originally part of the closed Washington station. The two 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

2 Hyde Park Express (Weekday Rush Hours Only)
6 Jackson Park Express
10 Museum of Science and Industry (Memorial Day through Labor Day only)
29 State
36 Broadway
62 Archer (Owl Service)
146 Inner Lake Shore/Michigan Express

References

^ "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2022" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. February 2, 2023. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
^ "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2019" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 13, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
^ O'Neil, Kevin (November 23, 2009). "Block 37 connector opens at mezzanine for CTA's Blue, Red Lines". www.chicagonow.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015.

External links

Media related to Lake (CTA) at Wikimedia Commons

Lake/State Station Page at Chicago-'L'.org
Train schedule (PDF) at CTA official site
Lake/State Station Page on the CTA official site
Lake Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
Randolph Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

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