Adams/Wabash (CTA station)

Adams/Wabash
Location 201–23 South Wabash Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60604
Coordinates 41°52′46″N 87°37′34″W / 41.8795°N 87.6261°W / 41.8795; -87.6261
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)
  Brown Line
  Green Line
  Orange Line
  Purple Line weekday rush hours only
  Pink Line
Platforms 2 Side platforms
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Elevated
History
Opened November 8, 1896
Rebuilt 1987–89
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 2,131,441[1] Decrease 2.1%
Rank 23 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station
One-way operation
Brown Line
toward Kimball
toward Harlem/Lake
Green Line
One-way operation
Orange Line
toward Midway
Purple Line
toward Linden
Pink Line
toward 54th/Cermak
Route map
Legend

Brown and Green Lines
north to Kimball and Harlem/Lake

Adams St.

Purple, Orange, Green, and Pink Lines
south to Linden, Midway, Ashland/63rd,

Cottage Grove, and 54th/Cermak
 

Adams/Wabash is an 'L' station serving the CTA's Brown, Green, Orange, Pink, and Purple Lines. Until 1963, it also served interurban trains of the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad. It is the closest CTA station to Symphony Center, home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the Art Institute of Chicago.

Bus connections

CTA

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Due to possible double-counting of physically-connected stations, the CTA's official 2014 tally of stations was 145, but for ridership purposes reported having only 143 stations.

References

  1. ↑ "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2014" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority Ridership Analysis and Reporting. March 5, 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2015.

External links

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