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(Redirected from Randolph/Wabash (CTA)) Train station in Chicago, 1896 to 2017 Not to be confused with Randolph/Wells.
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 / 41.884431; -87.626149
Owned byChicago Transit Authority
Line(s)Loop Elevated
Platforms2 Side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsMillennium Station
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
OpenedNovember 8, 1896; 128 years ago (1896-11-08)
ClosedSeptember 3, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-09-03)
Rebuilt1957; 68 years ago (1957)
(new Inner Loop station house)
Passengers
20142,242,622 Increase 1.2%
Rank21 out of 143
Former services
Preceding station Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Following station
Clark/Laketoward Milwaukee North Shore Line Madison/WabashOne-way operation
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
State/LakeOne-way operation Orange Line Washington/​Wabashtoward Midway
State/Laketoward Harlem/Lake Green Line Washington/​Wabashtoward Ashland/63rd or Cottage Grove
State/LakeOne-way operation Purple LineExpress Washington/​Wabashtoward Linden
Pink Line Washington/​Wabashtoward 54th/Cermak
State/Laketoward Kimball Brown Line Washington/​WabashOne-way operation
Track layout
Legend
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

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.

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). 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.

In popular culture

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.

Gallery

  • Station Exterior

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. 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.

External links

Media related to Randolph/Wabash (CTA) at Wikimedia Commons

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