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Washington Station (CTA Red Line)
Washington is an abandoned "L" station on the CTA's Red Line. It was a subway station in the State Street subway located at 128 North State Street in the Loop. It is the only closed station on the Red Line. History Structure The platform at Washington is part of a long continuous platform beneath State Street which runs from the Jackson station to the Lake station, spanning nearly seven blocks, making it the United States' longest continuous passenger platform. There are two mezzanines with turnstiles for the station: a northern at Randolph shared with the Lake station and a southern at Madison. There are stairs and escalators along State Street between Randolph and Madison to access both mezzanines. Additionally, Washington is equipped with an elevator to the northern (Randolph) mezzanine and was therefore accessible to people with disabilities. There is another elevator between that mezzanine and State Street, which is still in use for access to the Lake station. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington Station (CTA Blue Line)
Washington is an 'L' station on the CTA's Blue Line. It is situated between the and stations in the Milwaukee-Dearborn subway and is near the Richard J. Daley Center. History Washington opened on February 25, 1951, as part of the Milwaukee-Dearborn subway, the second 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 midnight 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 and in May 2013, the CTA provided a farecard transfer through the pedway between the stations. This is the northernmost of the three stations on one long conti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
