Clinton station (CTA Green and Pink Lines)

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Clinton
 
540W
200N
Clinton station July 2019.jpg
General information
Location540 West Lake Street
Chicago, Illinois 60661
Coordinates 41°53′08″N87°38′30″W / 41.885678°N 87.641782°W / 41.885678; -87.641782
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s) Lake Branch
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections Metramlogo.svg Metra UPN.svg Metra UPNW.svg Metra UPW.svg at Ogilvie
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedOctober 16, 1909;115 years ago (1909-10-16)
Rebuilt1970;55 years ago (1970),
1996;29 years ago (1996)
Previous namesClinton/Northwest Passage
Passengers
2024786,393 [1] Increase2.svg 8.1%
Services
Preceding station Chicago Transit Authority Logo.svg Chicago "L" Following station
Morgan Green Line Clark/Lake
Morgan
toward 54th/Cermak
Pink Line Clark/Lake
Loop-bound terminus
Washington/​Wells
One-way operation
Former services
Preceding station Chicago Transit Authority Logo.svg Chicago "L" Following station
Halsted
Closed 1994
Lake Street Elevated Fifth/Lake
Closed 1899
Lake Street Elevated
Market Street branch
Randolph/Market
Location
Clinton station (CTA Green and Pink Lines)

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.

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History and location

Station platform 20040329 03 CTA Green Line Clinton St. station.jpg
Station platform

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

References

  1. "Annual Ridership Report Calendar Year 2024" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 22, 2025. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  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 June 27, 2024.
  5. "Saving the Green Line". Center for Neighborhood Technology. April 13, 2015. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  6. Hautzinger, Daniel (February 26, 2020). "When the Green Line Shut Down for More Than Two Years". WTTW. Retrieved June 27, 2024.

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