Randolph/Wabash (CTA)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For other CTA stations named Randolph, see Randolph (CTA).

Randolph/Wabash
Station statistics
Address	Wabash Avenue & Randolph Street Chicago, IL
Lines	Brown Line Green Line Orange Line Purple Line Pink Line
Platforms	Two side platforms
Other information
Passengers (2006)	1,847,854 10%
Opened	1896
Rebuilt	1957

Randolph (sometimes Randolph/Wabash) is an 'L' station in the Chicago Loop. It is an elevated station located above Wabash Avenue at the intersection with Randolph Street. It has two side platforms serving trains running on the CTA's Brown and Green Lines on the eastern (outer loop) track, and the Green, Orange, Pink, and Purple Lines on the western (inner loop) track. Randolph is the closest 'L' station to Metra's Randolph Street Terminal, and is also one of the stations serving Millennium Park.

[edit] History

Randolph/Wabash opened in 1896 and was initially only used by trains on the Lake Street Elevated Railroad (now the western section of the Green Line)^[1]. The original inner loop station house was replaced in 1957, and the outer loop station house was removed in the 1960s.

[edit] References

1. ^ Randolph/Wabash. Chicago-"L".org (URL accessed 30 September 2006).

Previous station		Chicago 'L'		Next station
State/Lake toward Kimball		Brown Line		Madison/Wabash One-way operation
State/Lake toward Harlem/Lake		Green Line		Madison/Wabash toward Ashland/63 or East 63rd
State/Lake One-way operation		Orange Line		Madison/Wabash toward Midway
		Purple Line		Madison/Wabash toward Linden
		Pink Line		Madison/Wabash toward 54/Cermak