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| Address: | 1 West Van Buren Street Chicago, Illinois 60605 | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 41.8769°N -87.6282°W | ||||||||||||
| Type: | Chicago 'L' rapid transit station | ||||||||||||
| Style: | CTA | ||||||||||||
| Other: | at at | ||||||||||||
| Structure: | Elevated | ||||||||||||
| Platform: | 2 Side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks: | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle: | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Closed: | – | ||||||||||||
| Accessible: | True | ||||||||||||
| Former: | State/Van Buren Library-State/Van Buren | ||||||||||||
| Pass Year: | 2020 | ||||||||||||
| Passengers: | 376,074[1] | ||||||||||||
| Pass Percent: | -65.1 | ||||||||||||
| Pass Rank: | 65 out of 143 | ||||||||||||
| Pass System: | CTA | ||||||||||||
| Other Services Header: | Former services | ||||||||||||
| Other Services Collapsible: | yes | ||||||||||||
| Mapframe: | yes | ||||||||||||
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| Map State: | collapsed | ||||||||||||
Harold Washington Library-State/Van Buren, (formerly Library-State/Van Buren, formerly State/Van Buren), is an '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 Red and Blue Lines via the Jackson/State and Jackson/Dearborn 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]