Randolph/Wabash station

Randolph/Wabash
 
150N
44E
Location 151 North Wabash Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Coordinates 41°53′04″N 87°37′34″W / 41.884431°N 87.626149°W / 41.884431; -87.626149
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)
  Orange Line
  Green Line
  Purple Line Express
  Pink Line
  Brown Line
Platforms 2 Side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections Millennium Station
Construction
Structure type Elevated
History
Opened November 8, 1896
Closed September 3, 2017
Rebuilt 1957 (new Inner Loop station house)
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 2,242,622[1] Increase 1.2%
Rank 21 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station
Loop Elevated
One-way operation
Orange Line
toward Midway
toward Harlem/Lake
Green Line
One-way operation
Purple Line
Express
toward Linden
Pink Line
toward 54th/Cermak
toward Kimball
Brown Line
One-way operation
Brown Line
Rush period special
(6-7 a.m.)
  Former services  
One-way operation
Loop Shuttle
Next Clockwise

Randolph/Wabash was a elevated 'L' station in the Chicago Loop. Located at Randolph Street and Wabash Avenue, it served trains running on the CTA's Brown and Green Lines on the outer loop track, and the Green, Orange, Pink, and Purple Lines on the inner loop track. Randolph/Wabash was the closest 'L' station to Metra's Millennium Station until its closure on September 3, 2017. The station was later demolished.[2][3]

History

Randolph/Wabash opened on November 8, 1896 to be used by trains on the Lake Street Elevated Railroad (now the western section of the Green Line).[4] The original inner loop station house was replaced in 1957, and the outer loop station house was removed in the 1960s. On September 3, 2017, Randolph/Wabash closed, three days after its replacement, Washington/Wabash station, opened.[5]

Randolph/Wabash was used for exterior shots in the 1995 film While You Were Sleeping. The station also appeared in the 1987 film Adventures in Babysitting. In addition, a 2015 Apple advertising campaign, "Shot on iPhone 6", features the short journey between Randolph/Wabash and State/Lake shot in time lapse.

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.
  2. ↑ "Customer Alert: Randolph/Wabash Station Closure". transitchicago.com. Chicago Transit Authority. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  3. ↑ https://chicago.curbed.com/2017/9/5/16255256/randolph-wabash-cta-l-chicago-transit-madison
  4. ↑ Randolph/Wabash. Chicago-"L".org (URL accessed September 30, 2006).
  5. ↑ https://chicago.curbed.com/2017/8/31/16234044/washington-wabash-loop-cta-station

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