State/Lake station

Not to be confused with Lake/State on the Red Line.

State/Lake   0E/0W 200N
General information
Location	200 North State Street Chicago, Illinois 60601
Coordinates	41°53′09″N87°37′40″W / 41.88574°N 87.627835°W / 41.88574; -87.627835
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Loop Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Red at Lake
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	September 22, 1895;129 years ago (1895-09-22)
Passengers
2024	2,567,516 [1]   9.5%
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Clark/Lake One-way operation Orange Line Washington/​Wabash toward Midway   Clark/Lake toward Harlem/​Lake Green Line Washington/​Wabash toward Ashland/​63rd or Cottage Grove Clark/Lake One-way operation Purple Line Express Washington/​Wabash toward Linden Pink Line Washington/​Wabash toward 54th/​Cermak Clark/Lake toward Kimball Brown Line Washington/​Wabash One-way operation
Former services Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Clark/Lake One-way operation Orange Line Randolph/​Wabash Closed 2017 toward Midway   Clark/Lake toward Harlem/​Lake Green Line Randolph/​Wabash Closed 2017 toward Ashland/​63rd or Cottage Grove Clark/Lake One-way operation Purple Line Express Randolph/​Wabash Closed 2017 toward Linden Pink Line Randolph/​Wabash Closed 2017 toward 54th/​Cermak Clark/Lake toward Kimball Brown Line Randolph/​Wabash Closed 2017 One-way operation
Track layout Legend Green to Harlem/​Lake Brown to Kimball State St. (Red Line) Purple Express to Linden Orange to Midway   Pink to 54th/​Cermak Green to Ashland/​63rd or Cottage Grove
Location

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

The station in 1949 decorated for Christmas

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. ^{[ citation needed ]}

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

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. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]} Work began in August 2025, at which point the project was planned to cost $440 million. ^[8]

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

References

1. "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2024" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority. January 22, 2025. Retrieved April 13, 2025.
2. State/Lake. Chicago-"L".org (URL accessed October 8, 2006).
3. "Apple Takes Its 'Shot on iPhone' Campaign to Video". Ad Age . Retrieved June 14, 2025.
4. Kenney, Madeline (June 10, 2021). "This is what the State/Lake CTA station could look like under planned $180 million remodel [RENDERINGS]". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
5. "State and Lake Railway Station, Chicago, US". Railway Technology. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
6. "State/Lake Station". Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
7. Cobbs, Courtney (June 29, 2021). "New State/Lake 'L' station will be a sleek new portal to the Loop - Streetsblog Chicago". chi.streetsblog.org. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
8. Liederman, Mack (August 20, 2025). "State And Lake CTA Station Getting $440 Million Overhaul With Glass Roof, Elevators To Red Line". Block Club Chicago. Retrieved August 23, 2025.

External links

• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. IL-1-H, " Union Elevated Railroad, State-Lake Station "
• State Street entrance from Google Maps Street View