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Clinton station (CTA Green and Pink Lines)

Coordinates: 41°53′08″N 87°38′30″W / 41.885678°N 87.641782°W / 41.885678; -87.641782
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For the Blue Line station, see Clinton station (CTA Blue Line).
Clinton
 
540W
200N
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
General information
Location540 West Lake Street
Chicago, Illinois 60661
Coordinates41°53′08″N 87°38′30″W / 41.885678°N 87.641782°W / 41.885678; -87.641782
Owned byChicago Transit Authority
Line(s)Lake Branch
Platforms2 Side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsMetra UP-N UP-NW UP-W at Ogilvie
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedOctober 16, 1909; 115 years ago (1909-10-16)
Rebuilt1970; 54 years ago (1970),
1996; 28 years ago (1996)
Previous namesClinton/Northwest Passage
Passengers
2022580,821[1] Increase 47.6%
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Morgan
toward Harlem/Lake
 Green Line Clark/Lake
toward Ashland/63rd or Cottage Grove
Morgan
toward 54th/Cermak
 Pink Line Clark/Lake
Loop-bound terminus
Washington/​Wells
One-way operation
Former services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Halsted
Closed 1994
toward Harlem/Lake
 Lake Street Elevated Fifth/Lake
Closed 1899
toward Loop
(Randolph/Wells) or Market Terminal
Location
Map

Clinton is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Green Line and Pink Line. It opened on October 16, 1909, and was completely rebuilt during the Green Line rehabilitation project in 1996.

History and location

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Station platform

Canal

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Opening in 1893 as part of the newly opened Lake Street Elevated, the Canal station was located above Canal Street west of the Chicago River and railroads leading up to Union Station.[2] The station was eventually closed in 1909 and was replaced by the newly opened Clinton station a block west.[3]

Clinton

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In 1911, two years after the opening of Clinton station, an adjacent passenger terminal station, the C&NW Terminal, opened.[4] The stations were connected in 1970 with a passageway, called the "Northwest Passage". The passageway closed in 1990 when the C&NW Terminal was rebuilt as Ogilvie Transportation Center, replaced by a holding track for Metra trains. Today, it remains the closest "L" station to the passenger terminal whose platforms directly abut Clinton.

The station, along with many other stations along the newly-established Green Line, was closed from 1994 to 1996 for reconstruction.[5][6]

Bus connections

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CTA

  • J14 Jeffery Jump
  • 56 Milwaukee
  • 125 Water Tower Express

References

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  1. ^ "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2022" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. February 2, 2023. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  2. ^ "Railway Terminal Guide of Chicago". www.davidrumsey.com. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  3. ^ "Chicago L.org: Stations - Canal". www.chicago-l.org. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  4. ^ "Chicago and Northwestern Passenger Terminal". chicagology.com. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Saving the Green Line". Center for Neighborhood Technology. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  6. ^ Hautzinger, Daniel (26 February 2020). "When the Green Line Shut Down for More Than Two Years". WTTW. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
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