Clark/Lake (CTA station)

Clark/Lake
Station statistics
Address 100-124 West Lake Street
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Lines
  Blue Line
  Brown Line
  Green Line
  Orange Line
  Purple Line weekday rush hours only
  Pink Line
Structure Subway (Blue) & Elevated (Loop)
Levels 3
Platforms 2 Side platforms (elevated)
1 Island platform (subway)
Tracks 2
Bicycle facilities Yes
Other information
Opened

Elevated Platforms: September 22, 1895

Subway Platform: February 25, 1951
Rebuilt March 23, 1992
Accessible
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Formerly Lake Transfer (Subway)
Traffic
Passengers (2009) 5,107,625[1]  2.9% (CTA)
Services
Preceding station   Chicago 'L'   Following station
    Subway station    
toward O'Hare
 Blue Line
    Elevated Through-route    
toward Harlem
 Green Line
    Loop Station Service    
One-way operation
 Brown Line
toward Kimball
One-way operation
 Orange Line
toward Midway
One-way operation
 Purple Line
toward Linden
One-way operation
 Pink Line

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 stations on the 'L' system. In June 2006 it had an average of 17,665 weekday passenger entrances, making it the busiest station in the 'L' system.[2] The Richard J. Daley Center, Chicago City Hall, and Chicago Title and Trust Center are also served by the station.

Contents

History

Clark/Lake is a 'super station' consisting of two stations that have been merged into one.[3] 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. Only the Blue Line runs underground while the Green, Orange, Brown, Pink and Purple (express) lines run elevated.

Bus connections

CTA

References

  1. ^ "Rail Ridership by Branch and Entrance: December 2009" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority. http://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/ridership_reports/2009-12.pdf. Retrieved 2010-04-04. 
  2. ^ Rail Ridership by Branch and Entrance. Chicago Transit Authority.
  3. ^ Clark/Lake Chicago-'L'.org (URL accessed September, 23 2006).

External links

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