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Lake station (CTA)

Lake   200N 0E/0W
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
General information
Location	188 North State Street Chicago, Illinois 60601
Coordinates	41°53′05″N 87°37′40″W / 41.884809°N 87.627813°W / 41.884809; -87.627813
Owned by	City of Chicago
Line(s)	State Street subway
Platforms	1Island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	BlueatWashington via The Pedway Brown Green Orange Pink PurpleatState/Lake
Construction
Structure type	Subway
Bicycle facilities	Yes (Randolph Entrance)
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	October 17, 1943 (as part of Washington) June 2, 1996 (as temporary Washington-Lake station) November 18, 1997 (as permanent Lake station)
Rebuilt	1996–97 (Randolph-Washington mezzanine) 2004–05 (Lake-Randolph mezzanine and platform)
Previous names	Washington (part of that station) Lake-Washington (as temporarily separate station stop)
Passengers
2022	2,749,185[1]  33.1%
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Grand toward Howard Red Line Monroe toward 95th/Dan Ryan
Former services Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Grand toward Howard Red Line Washington Closed 2006 toward 95th/Dan Ryan
Track layout Legend State St. Red north to Howard Lake St.  ( Brown Green Orange Pink and Purple Express ) Benton Pl. Randolph St. Red south to 95th/Dan Ryan
Location

Lake is an "L" station on the CTA's Red Line in the Chicago Loop that is part of the State Street subway. Lake is a transfer station between the Red Line and the Brown, Green, Orange, Pink, and Purple Lines at the State/Lake station and the Blue LineatWashington via the Chicago Pedway. In 2019, Lake had an average of 19,364 weekday passenger entries, making it the busiest 'L' station.^[2]

Lake is linked to Millennium Station and Millennium Park via a Chicago Pedway connection that can be accessed at its Randolph–Washington exit.

On November 20, 2009, the Chicago Pedway connecting the unpaid portions of Lake and Washington stations reopened to service.^[3]

This station was originally part of the closed Washington station. The two were separated on June 2, 1996, due to the renovation project of the Randolph-Washington mezzanine and Lake became an independent station on November 18, 1997, in order to better facilitate transfers between the Red Line subway and the elevated State/Lake station.

Bus connections[edit]

CTA

• 2 Hyde Park Express (Weekday Rush Hours Only)
• 6 Jackson Park Express
• 10 Museum of Science and Industry (Memorial Day through Labor Day only)
• 29 State
• 36 Broadway
• 62 Archer (Owl Service)
• 146 Inner Lake Shore/Michigan Express

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Media related to Lake (CTA) at Wikimedia Commons

• Lake/State Station Page at Chicago-'L'.org
• Train schedule (PDF)atCTA official site
• Lake/State Station Page on the CTA official site
• Lake Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Randolph Street entrance from Google Maps Street View