Harold Washington Library – State/Van Buren (CTA station)
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Location | One West Van Buren Street Chicago, Illinois 60605 |
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Owned by | Chicago Transit Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 Side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | October 3, 1897 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | September 2, 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | June 22, 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous names | State/Van Buren Library-State/Van Buren |
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Passengers (2014) | 1,240,103[1] 1.5% (CTA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 61 out of 143[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Harold Washington Library-State/Van Buren (formerly Library-State/Van Buren, commonly abbreviated as Library) is a handicapped accessible 'L' station serving the CTA's Brown, Orange, Pink, and Purple Lines. Originally, the station was to have direct access to the second floor of the Harold Washington Library building, but this direct connection was never built. Farecard transfers are also available at the station for the Blue and Red Lines via the Jackson/Dearborn and Jackson/State subway stations, respectively. It was originally known as State/Van Buren when it first opened in 1897. The original station closed on September 2, 1973, along with six other stations, due to low ridership, and demolished in 1975.[2] The new station was rebuilt and reopened on June 22, 1997 in order to serve the Harold Washington Library.[3] The Chicago Transit Authority board voted unanimously on Wednesday, October 6, 2010, to rename the station to its current name.[4] It is the second newest station in the Loop with Washington/Wells being the first and Washington/Wabash being the future third.
Bus connections
- #2 Hyde Park Express
- #6 Jackson Park Express
- #10 Museum of Science and Industry
- #22 Clark
- #24 Wentworth
- #29 State
- #36 Broadway
- #62 Archer (Owl Service)
- #146 Inner Drive/Michigan Express
- #147 Outer Drive Express
Notes and references
Notes
- ↑ 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
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Washington Library-State/Van Buren Station Page
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. IL-1-B, "Union Elevated Railroad, State Street Station"
- CTA - Train schedules: Brown PDF Purple PDF Orange PDF Pink PDF
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- Ridership figures, 2009 PDF (172 KiB)