Jackson station (CTA Red Line) explained

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Jackson
Line1:Red
Grid:300S 0E/0W
Size:.9
Address:230 South State Street
Chicago, Illinois 60604
Coordinates:41.8782°N -87.6276°W
Type:Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
Style:CTA
Line:State Street Subway
Other: at
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Platform:1 Island platform
Structure:Subway
Tracks:2
Bicycle:Yes
Opened:October 17, 1943
Rebuilt:1989 - 91 (Adams-Jackson mezzanine)
1996 - 2000 (Jackson-Van Buren mezzanine)
2002 - 04 (platform)
Accessible:True
Owned:City of Chicago
Pass Year:2022
Passengers:959,018[1]
Pass Percent:40.8
Mapframe:yes
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Shape:none
Marker:rail-metro
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  1. c60c30
Zoom:15
Map State:collapsed

Jackson is an "L" station on the CTA's Red Line in the Loop. Free transfers to Blue Line trains are available at this station via a lower level transfer tunnel to the Jackson station in the Milwaukee - Dearborn subway and farecard transfers to Purple, Orange, Brown and Pink Line trains are available via the Loop Elevated station.

Like the station, the northern extension of which was reconfigured as the station, Jackson was originally double-length, with a third station mezzanine at Van Buren Street and Congress Parkway. The Van Buren-Congress mezzanine closed on January 6, 1984, following the closure of the South Loop's main anchor, Sears, which had a direct entrance from the mezzanine. At the same time, the south end of the Jackson platform beyond the Jackson-Van Buren mezzanine was closed off with a plywood wall and both the platform area and mezzanine now remain, but abandoned. The street level entrances to the Van Buren-Congress mezzanine were removed when State Street was remodeled in 1997, replaced with access through grates, which can be seen on the sidewalks between Van Buren Street and Ida B. Wells Drive.

The accessible entrance is located on the west side of State Street between Jackson & Adams, just south of 220 State Street.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Annual Ridership Report  - Calendar Year 2022 . Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. February 2, 2023 . June 9, 2023 .