Washington station (CTA Blue Line)

Washington   100N 36W
Location	19 North Dearborn Street Chicago, Illinois 60602
Coordinates	41°52′59″N 87°37′46″W / 41.883164°N 87.62944°W / 41.883164; -87.62944
Owned by	City of Chicago
Line(s)	Blue Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Red Line (Lake via The Pedway)
Construction
Structure type	Subway
Depth	45 ft
History
Opened	February 25, 1951
Rebuilt	1982 (Randolph-Washington), 1983–84 (Washington-Madison)
Traffic
Passengers (2017)	3,922,759[1]  3.1% (CTA)
Rank	7 out of 143
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station Milwaukee-Dearborn Subway Clark/Lake toward O'Hare Blue Line Monroe toward Forest Park Clark/Lake toward Jefferson Park or Rosemont Blue Line Various Special Services Monroe toward UIC–Halsted
Route map Dearborn St. Blue Line north to O'Hare Randolph St. Washington St. Calhoun Pl Madison St. Blue Line south to Forest Park

Washington (also Washington/Dearborn) is a rapid transit station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system. It is situated between the Clark/Lake and Jackson stations on the Milwaukee-Dearborn subway segment of the Blue Line in downtown Chicago near the Richard J. Daley Center.

History

Washington opened on February 25, 1951, as part of the new Milwaukee-Dearborn subway, the second of a planned series of subways to be constructed in Chicago. The station was entirely renovated from 1982 to 1984. As constructed, the station had two stairways to a lower level pedestrian transfer tunnel to the Washington station in the State Street Subway (now part of the Red Line). At 12:00 a.m. on October 23, 2006, the lower level transfer tunnel to the Red Line closed as part of the construction of a planned superstation under what is commonly referred to as Block 37. On November 20, 2009, the pedway linking the Lake station's unpaid area to that of Washington reopened ^[2] and in May 2013, the CTA provided a farecard transfer through the pedway between the stations.^[3]

Service

Washington is part of the CTA's Blue Line, which runs from O'Hare International Airport to downtown Chicago and Forest Park. It is the second station in the Loop from O'Hare and the fourth from Forest Park. The station is situated between the Clark/Lake and Monroe stations. Blue Line trains serve Washington 24 hours a day every day; trains operate every 7 to 10 minutes during rush hour and midday operation, with longer headways of up to 30 minutes at night.^[4] 2,335,025 passengers boarded at Washington in 2010.^[5] Two mezzanines exist at this station: Randolph-Washington, open 24 hours a day, providing a farecard transfer to the Red Line, and access to Daley Plaza. The second mezzanine is Washington-Madison, which is also open 24 hours a day.

Bus connections

CTA

• 20 Madison
• 22 Clark
• 24 Wentworth
• 36 Broadway
• 56 Milwaukee
• 62 Archer
• 124 Navy Pier
• 157 Streeterville/Taylor

Notes and references

External links

• Washington/Dearborn Station Page
• Madison Street/Washington Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Randolph Street/Washington Street entrance from Google Maps Street View