State/Lake station explained

Custom Header:	State/Lake Line1: Orange Line2: Green Line3: Purple Line4: Pink Line5: Brown Grid: 0E/0W 200N Size: .85
Address:	200 North State Street Chicago, Illinois 60601
Coordinates:	41.8857°N -87.6278°W
Type:	Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
Style:	CTA
Other:	at
Structure:	Elevated
Platform:	2 side platforms
Tracks:	2
Pass Year:	2020
Passengers:	1,164,251^[1]
Pass Percent:	-69.2
Pass Rank:	10 out of 143
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

State/Lake is an 'L' station serving the CTA's Brown, Green, Orange, Pink, and Purple Lines on The Loop. It is located in the Chicago Loop at 200 North State Street. Like all Loop stations, it has two side platforms. The CTA offers farecard transfers between this station and the Lake subway station on the Red Line. Unlike most stations, there is no in-station transfer between directions.

History

State/Lake station opened on September 22, 1895, as part on the Lake Street Elevated Railroad's extension into the Chicago Loop that later became the north side of the Union Loop.^[2] State/Lake is the last station on this section of the Loop to retain many of its original features.

One of a series of videos "shot on iPhone 6" to feature in a 2015 Apple advertising campaign ^[3] features the short journey between Randolph/Wabash and State/Lake shot in time lapse.

In 2021, the CTA and the Chicago Department of Transportation proposed modernizing the station with the addition of a large glass canopy, accessibility, and large side platforms. However, no project schedule is provided.^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

Bus connections

CTA

• 2 Hyde Park Express (Weekday Rush Hours only)
• 6 Jackson Park Express
• 10 Museum of Science and Industry (Memorial Day through Labor Day only)
• 29 State
• 36 Broadway
• 62 Archer (Owl Service)
• 146 Inner Lake Shore/Michigan Express

External links

• • State Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

Notes and References

1. Web site: Annual Ridership Report  - Calendar Year 2020 . Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 19, 2021. May 31, 2021 .
2. State/Lake. Chicago-"L".org (URL accessed October 8, 2006).
3. Cocu L - Shot on iPhone 6 "Shot on iPhone 6 by Cocu L"
4. News: Kenney . Madeline . This is what the State/Lake CTA station could look like under planned $180 million remodel [RENDERINGS] ]. August 11, 2023 . Chicago Sun-Times . 10 June 2021 . en.
5. Web site: State and Lake Railway Station, Chicago, US . Railway Technology . August 11, 2023.
6. Web site: State/Lake Station . Skidmore, Owings & Merrill . August 11, 2023.
7. Web site: Cobbs . Courtney . New State/Lake 'L' station will be a sleek new portal to the Loop - Streetsblog Chicago . chi.streetsblog.org . August 11, 2023 . en . 29 June 2021.