State/Lake (CTA)

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State/Lake
Station statistics
Address	200 North State Street Chicago, IL
Lines	Brown Line Green Line Orange Line Purple Line Pink Line
Platforms	Two side platforms
Other information
Passengers (2006)	2,509,290 13%
Opened	1895

State/Lake is an 'L' station serving the CTA's Brown, Green, Orange, Pink, and Purple Lines. It is an elevated station with two side platforms, located in the Chicago Loop at 200 North State Street. The CTA offers free transfers between this station and Lake subway station on the Red Line.

[edit] History

State/Lake station opened on September 22, 1895 as part on the Lake Street Elevated Railroad's extention into the Chicago Loop that later became the north side of the Union Loop^[1]. State/Lake is the last station on this section of the Loop to retain many of its original features. The station was used for exterior shots in the 1995 film While You Were Sleeping.

[edit] References

1. ^ State/Lake. Chicago-"L".org (URL accessed 8 October 2006).

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