State/Lake station
State/Lake is an 'L' station serving the CTA's Brown, Green, Orange, Pink, and Purple Lines on the The Loop. It is located in the Chicago Loop at 200 North State Street. Like all Loop stations, it has two side platforms. The CTA offers farecard transfers between this station and the Lake subway station on the Red Line and vice versa. Unlike most stations, there is no in-station transfer between directions.
History
State/Lake station opened on September 22, 1895, as part on the Lake Street Elevated Railroad's extension into the Chicago Loop that later became the north side of the Union Loop.[2] State/Lake is the last station on this section of the Loop to retain many of its original features.
One of a series of videos "shot on iPhone 6" to feature in a 2015 Apple advertising campaign [3] features the short journey between Randolph/Wabash and State/Lake shot in time lapse.
In 2021, the CTA and the Chicago Department of Transportation proposed modernizing the station with the addition of a large glass canopy, accessibility, and large side platforms. However, no project schedule is provided.[4][5][6][7]
Bus connections
- 2 Hyde Park Express (Weekday Rush Hours only)
- 6 Jackson Park Express
- 10 Museum of Science and Industry (Memorial Day through Labor Day only)
- 29 State
- 36 Broadway
- 62 Archer (Owl Service)
- 146 Inner Lake Shore/Michigan Express
Notes and references
Notes
References
- "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2020" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 19, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
- State/Lake. Chicago-"L".org (URL accessed October 8, 2006).
- Cocu L - Shot on iPhone 6 "Shot on iPhone 6 by Cocu L"
- Kenney, Madeline (10 June 2021). "This is what the State/Lake CTA station could look like under planned $180 million remodel [RENDERINGS]". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- "State and Lake Railway Station, Chicago, US". Railway Technology. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- "State/Lake Station". Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- Cobbs, Courtney (29 June 2021). "New State/Lake 'L' station will be a sleek new portal to the Loop - Streetsblog Chicago". chi.streetsblog.org. Retrieved August 11, 2023.