Adams/Wabash station

Adams/Wabash   200S 45E
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)	Orange Line   Green Line   Purple Line weekday rush hours only   Pink Line   Brown 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]  2.1%
Rank	23 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station Randolph/Wabash One-way operation Orange Line Loop Elevated Roosevelt toward Midway Randolph/Wabash toward Harlem/Lake Green Line Loop Elevated Roosevelt toward Ashland/63rd or Cottage Grove Randolph/Wabash One-way operation Purple Line Express Harold Washington Library – State/Van Buren toward Linden Pink Line Loop Elevated Harold Washington Library – State/Van Buren toward 54th/Cermak Randolph/Wabash toward Kimball Brown Line Loop Elevated Harold Washington Library – State/Van Buren One-way operation
Route map 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

• 1 Bronzeville/Union Station
• 7 Harrison
• 28 Stony Island
• 126 Jackson
• 151 Sheridan

Notes and references

Notes

References

External links

Media related to Adams/Wabash (CTA) at Wikimedia Commons

• Adams/Wabash Station Page at Chicago-L.org
• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. IL-1-C, "Union Elevated Railroad, Adams Street Station"
• Adams Street entrance from Google Maps Street View