Lake station (CTA)

Track layout
	Legend
	Brown Green Orange
	Pink and Purple Express

Lake

200N
0E/0W
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
Owned by	City of Chicago
Line(s)	State Street subway
Platforms	1 Island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Blue at Washington via The Pedway; Brown Green Orange Pink Purple at State/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 33.1%
Rank	1 out of 143
Services
Former services
Track layout
Track layout
	Legend
	Brown Green Orange
	Pink and Purple Express
Location
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 Line at Washington 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

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

^ "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2022" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. February 2, 2023. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
^ "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2019" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 13, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
^ O'Neil, Kevin (November 23, 2009). "Block 37 connector opens at mezzanine for CTA's Blue, Red Lines". www.chicagonow.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015.

External links

Media related to Lake (CTA) at Wikimedia Commons

Lake/State Station Page at Chicago-'L'.org
Train schedule (PDF) at CTA 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

[1] "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2022" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. February 2, 2023. Retrieved June 9, 2023.

[Ridership-2] "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2019" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 13, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.

[3] O'Neil, Kevin (November 23, 2009). "Block 37 connector opens at mezzanine for CTA's Blue, Red Lines". www.chicagonow.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015.

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