Clinton station (CTA Green and Pink Lines) explained

Custom Header:	Clinton Line1: Green Line2: Pink Grid: 540W 200N Size: 1
Address:	540 West Lake Street Chicago, Illinois 60661
Coordinates:	41.8857°N -87.6418°W
Type:	Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
Style:	CTA
Line:	Lake Branch
Connections:	Metra: Ogilvie
Structure:	Elevated
Platform:	2 Side platforms
Tracks:	2
Bicycle:	Yes
Rebuilt:	,
Accessible:	True
Owned:	Chicago Transit Authority
Former:	Clinton/Northwest Passage
Pass Year:	2022
Passengers:	580,821^[1]
Pass Percent:	47.6
Other Services Header:	Former services
Other Services Collapsible:	yes
Mapframe:	yes
Mapframe-Custom:	Shape: none Marker: rail-metro Marker-Color: 000 Zoom: 15
Map State:	collapsed

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

Canal

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

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

CTA

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

External links

• Web site: Garfield . Graham . Clinton/Lake station page . Chicago-L.org.
• Clinton Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

Notes and References

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