Ashland (CTA Green and Pink Lines station)

Ashland (also Ashland/Lake) is an 'L' station on the CTA's Green and Pink Lines. It is an elevated station with two side platforms, located in Chicago's Near West Side neighborhood at 1601 West Lake Street. Just to the west of the station the Pink Line branches off from the Lake Street elevated line to follow the Paulina line to the south. The adjacent stations are California (Green), which is located about 1½ mile to the west, Polk (Pink), which is located about 1 mile to the south, and Clinton, located about 1⅓ mile to the east. A new Morgan station, however, is under construction approximately half-way between Ashland and Clinton, to open in 2012.

Ashland is the closest 'L' station to the United Center home of the Chicago Bulls NBA team and the Chicago Blackhawks NHL team. It is also directly adjacent to Union Park, venue for the Intonation Music Festival and the Pitchfork Music Festival.

History

Ashland Station opened on November 6, 1893 as part of the Lake Street Elevated Railroad's initial route,^[2] and it is one of the oldest standing stations on the 'L'. The station closed on April 4, 1948, along with nine others on the Lake Street line,^[3] but later reopened on February 25, 1951.^[4] During the two year closure of the Green Line from 1994–1996 the station buildings were restored and elevators were added to make the station ADA compliant.

Bus connections

CTA

• #9 Ashland (Owl Service)

See also

• Ashland (CTA Orange Line station)
• Ashland/63rd (CTA station)

References

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ashland/Lake_(CTA) Ashland/Lake (CTA)] at Wikimedia Commons

• Ashland Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Justine Street entrance from Google Maps Street View