Clark/Lake (CTA)

Clark/Lake is an 'L' station serving the CTA's Blue, Brown, Green, Orange, Pink, and Purple Lines. It is located at 100/124 West Lake Street in Chicago's Loop district, and is accessed from the James R. Thompson Center and 203 North LaSalle building. It is one of the most complex and busiest stations on the 'L' system, in June 2006 it had an average of 17,665 weekday passenger entrances [" [http://www.transitchicago.com/downloads/ridershipreports/132346june06rail.pdf Rail Ridership by Branch and Entrance.] " Chicago Transit Authority.] . The Richard J. Daley Center, Chicago City Hall, and Chicago Title and Trust Center are also served by the station.

History

Clark/Lake is a 'super station' consisting of two stations that have been merged into one" [http://chicago-l.org/stations/clark-lake.html Clark/Lake] " [http://www.chicago-l.org/ Chicago-'L'.org] (URL accessed 23 September 2006).] . The original elevated station opened in 1895 as part of the Lake Street Elevated Railroad, and became part of the Union Loop when it was completed in 1897. The subway station opened as "Lake Transfer" in the Dearborn Street Subway in 1951. In 1992 the elevated station was reconstructed, with its main entrance in the James R. Thompson Center. This enabled transfer between the elevated and subway platforms without leaving the paid area, and so the stations were combined into a single facility. Due to this, it is the one station that serves six of the eight lines.

=CTA Bus connections=

* #22 Clark (Owl Service)
* #24 Wentworth
* #134 Stockton/LaSalle Express
* #135 Clarendon/LaSalle Express
* #136 Sheridan/LaSalle Express
* #156 LaSalle

References

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External links

* [http://www.chicago-l.org/stations/clark-lake.html Clark/Lake Station Page]
* [http://www.transitchicago.com/maps/rail/Clark.html Train schedules] at the [http://www.transitchicago.com/ CTA official site] :