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
The Richard J. Daley Center, also known by its open courtyard Daley Plaza and named after longtime mayor Richard J. Daley, is the premier civic center of the City of Chicago in Illinois. The Center's modernist skyscraper primarily houses of ...
.
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 Washington station may refer to:
Railroad stations
* Washington station (Los Angeles Metro)
* Washington station (Missouri), an Amtrak station in Washington, Missouri
* Washington station (New Jersey), a disused station in Washington, New Jers ...
in the
State Street Subway
The State Street subway is an underground section of the Chicago "L" system in The Loop which serves as the center of the Red Line. It is long and has a boarding average of 53,601 passengers every weekday as of February 2013. It owes its name t ...
(now part of the
Red Line). At
midnight
Midnight is the transition time from one day to the next – the moment when the date changes, on the local official clock time for any particular jurisdiction. By clock time, midnight is the opposite of noon, differing from it by 12 hours. ...
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
108 North State Street, also known as Block 37, is a development located in the Loop community area of downtown Chicago, Illinois. It is located on the square block bounded clockwise from the North by West Randolph Street, North State Street ...
. On November 20, 2009, the
pedway
Pedways (short for pedestrian walkways) are elevated or underground walkways, often connecting urban high-rises to each other, other buildings, or the street. They provide quick and comfortable movement from building to building, away from traffi ...
linking the
Lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
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 continuous platform underneath Dearborn Street, with the stops at Monroe and Jackson being the other two.
Service
Washington is part of the CTA's Blue Line, which runs from to
downtown Chicago
''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business district ...
and . It is the second station in the Loop from O'Hare and the fourth from Forest Park. The station is situated between the and stations. Blue Line trains serve Washington 24 hours a day every day; trains operate every 7 to 10 minutes during
rush hour
A rush hour (American English, British English) or peak hour (Australian English) is a part of the day during which traffic congestion on roads and crowding on public transport is at its highest. Normally, this happens twice every weekday: on ...
and midday operation, with longer
headway
Headway is the distance or duration between vehicles in a transit system measured in space or time. The ''minimum headway'' is the shortest such distance or time achievable by a system without a reduction in the speed of vehicles. The precise defi ...
s of up to 30 minutes at night.
2,335,025 passengers boarded at Washington in 2010.
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
*
J14 Jeffery Jump
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20 Madison (Owl service)
*
22 Clark
*
24 Wentworth (Weekdays only)
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28 Stony Island (Weekday Rush Hours only)
*
36 Broadway
*
56 Milwaukee
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60 Blue Island/26th (Owl Service)
*
62 Archer (Owl Service)
*
124 Navy Pier
*
130 Museum Campus (Summer Service Only)
*
157 Streeterville/Taylor (Weekdays only)
Notes and references
Notes
References
External links
Washington/Dearborn Station PageMadison Street/Washington Street entrance from Google Maps Street ViewRandolph Street/Washington Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
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CTA Blue Line stations
CTA stations located underground
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1951
1951 establishments in Illinois