Randolph/Wabash station


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Randolph/Wabash was an elevated 'L' station in the Loop in Chicago. Located at Randolph Street and Wabash Avenue, it served trains running on the Chicago Transit Authority'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]

Randolph/Wabash

 

150N
44E

Former Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
General information
Location151 North Wabash Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Coordinates41°53′04″N 87°37′34″W / 41.884431°N 87.626149°W
Owned byChicago Transit Authority
Line(s)Loop Elevated
Platforms2 Side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsMillennium Station
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
OpenedNovember 8, 1896; 127 years ago
ClosedSeptember 3, 2017; 7 years ago
Rebuilt1957; 67 years ago
(new Inner Loop station house)
Passengers
20142,242,622[1] Increase 1.2%
Rank21 out of 143[a]
Former services
Preceding station Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Following station
Clark/Lake

toward Milwaukee

 North Shore Line Madison/Wabash

One-way operation

Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
State/Lake

One-way operation

 Orange Line Washington/​Wabash

toward Midway

State/Lake Green Line Washington/​Wabash
State/Lake

One-way operation

 Purple Line

Express

 Washington/​Wabash

toward Linden

Pink Line Washington/​Wabash
State/Lake

toward Kimball

 Brown Line Washington/​Wabash

One-way operation

Track layout

Brown and Green Lines
north to Kimball and Harlem/Lake

Randolph St.

Purple, Orange, Green, and Pink Lines
south to Linden, Midway , Ashland/63rd,
Cottage Grove, and 54th/Cermak
 

Location

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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.

  • Station Exterior
  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.
  1. ^ "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2014" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority Ridership Analysis and Reporting. March 5, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 4, 2018. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
  2. ^ "Customer Alert: Randolph/Wabash Station Closure". transitchicago.com. Chicago Transit Authority. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  3. ^ "The Loop's Randolph/Wabash station is now permanently closed". 5 September 2017.
  4. ^ Randolph/Wabash. Chicago-"L".org (URL accessed September 30, 2006).
  5. ^ "Chicago's new Washington-Wabash 'L' station officially opens". 31 August 2017.

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