LaSalle/Van Buren station

Route map
	Purple, Orange and Pink Lines
	west to Linden, Midway , and 54th/Cermak
	Brown Line
	east to Kimball

LaSalle/Van Buren
LaSalle/Van Buren 140W; 400S
Location	121 West Van Buren Street; Chicago, Illinois 60605
Coordinates	41°52′36″N 87°37′54″W / 41.8768°N 87.631739°WCoordinates: 41°52′36″N 87°37′54″W / 41.8768°N 87.631739°W
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Orange Line Purple Line Express Pink Line Brown Line
Platforms	2 Side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Rock Island District (at LaSalle Street)
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	October 3, 1897
Previous names	Pacific Avenue
Traffic
Passengers (2017)	812,120[1] 0.7% (CTA)
Rank	85 out of 143
Services
	Loop Elevated
Route map
	Purple, Orange and Pink Lines
	west to Linden, Midway , and 54th/Cermak
	Brown Line
	east to Kimball
Location

LaSalle/Van Buren is an 'L' station in downtown Chicago serving the CTA's Brown, Orange, Pink, and Purple Lines. LaSalle/Van Buren is one of the nine stations on the Loop. The station opened on October 3, 1897. LaSalle Street Station, terminal for Metra's Rock Island District trains, is less than a block from the station.

The station is seen in the 1986 film Running Scared with Gregory Hines and Billy Crystal. All of the surroundings including the platforms and the station are still the same now as they are in the movie. The station was also a location in one of the final scenes of the 1987 film "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" with Steve Martin and John Candy. The station is also seen in the 1974 film Three the Hard Way

Bus connections

CTA

↑ "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2017" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 31, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.

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