Clark/Lake (CTA)

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Clark/Lake
Station statistics
Address	100-124. Lake Street, Chicago, Illinois 60601
Coordinates	(100W/200N)
Lines	Blue Line Brown Line Green Line Orange Line Purple Line Pink Line
Structure	Subway (Blue) & Elevated (Loop)
Levels	3
Platforms	Two side platforms (elevated) One island platform (subway)
Tracks	2
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Other information
Opened	Elevated Platforms: September 22, 1895 Subway Platforms: February 25, 1951
Rebuilt	March 23, 1992
Accessible
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Formerly	Lake Transfer (Subway)
Traffic (CTA)
Passengers (2007)	4,750,364 ▲ 3%

Clark/Lake is an 'L' station serving the CTA's Blue, Brown, Green, Orange, Pink, and Purple Lines. It is located at 100/124 West Lake Street in Chicago's Loop district, and is accessed from the James R. Thompson Center and 203 North LaSalle building. It is one of the most complex and busiest stations on the 'L' system, in June 2006 it had an average of 17,665 weekday passenger entrances^[1]. The Richard J. Daley Center, Chicago City Hall, and Chicago Title and Trust Center are also served by the station.

Contents 1 History 2 Bus Connections 3 References 4 Gallery 5 External links

[edit] History

Clark/Lake is a 'super station' consisting of two stations that have been merged into one^[2]. The original elevated station opened in 1895 as part of the Lake Street Elevated Railroad, and became part of the Union Loop when it was completed in 1897. The subway station opened as Lake Transfer in the Dearborn Street Subway in 1951. In 1992 the elevated station was reconstructed, with its main entrance in the James R. Thompson Center. This enabled transfer between the elevated and subway platforms without leaving the paid area, and so the stations were combined into a single facility. Due to this, it is the one station that serves six of the eight lines.

[edit] Bus Connections

CTA Buses

• #22 Clark (Owl Service)
• #24 Wentworth
• #134 Stockton/LaSalle Express
• #135 Clarendon/LaSalle Express
• #136 Sheridan/LaSalle Express
• #156 LaSalle

[edit] References

1. ^ Rail Ridership by Branch and Entrance. Chicago Transit Authority.
2. ^ Clark/Lake Chicago-'L'.org (URL accessed 23 September 2006).

[edit] Gallery

Subway Tunnel

Clark/Lake Blue Line Subway

[edit] External links

• Clark/Lake Station Page
• Train schedules at the CTA official site:

• Clark/Lake (CTA) is at coordinates 41°53′09″N 87°37′53″W / 41.885767, -87.631417 (Clark/Lake (CTA))Coordinates: 41°53′09″N 87°37′53″W / 41.885767, -87.631417 (Clark/Lake (CTA))

Preceding station		Chicago 'L'		Following station
Grand toward O'Hare		Blue Line Milwaukee-Dearborn-Congress Subway		Washington toward Forest Park or 54/Cermak
State/Lake One-way operation		Brown Line		Merchandise Mart toward Kimball
		Purple Line		Merchandise Mart One-way operation
Clinton toward Harlem/Lake		Green Line		State/Lake toward Ashland/63 or East 63rd
Washington/Wells One-way operation		Orange Line		State/Lake toward Midway
Clinton One-way operation		Pink Line		State/Lake toward 54/Cermak