State/Lake station
State/Lake 0E/0W 200N | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 200 North State Street Chicago, Illinois 60601 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°53′09″N 87°37′40″W / 41.88574°N 87.627835°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Chicago Transit Authority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | Loop Elevated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Red at Lake | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Elevated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | September 22, 1895 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2026–2029 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 2,567,516[1] 9.5% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 features the short journey between Randolph/Wabash and State/Lake shot in time lapse.[3]
Reconstruction
In 2021, the Chicago Transit Authority and the Chicago Department of Transportation proposed modernizing and rebuilding the station. Design concepts included the addition of a large glass canopy, wider side platforms, and accessibility features like elevators.[4][5][6][7] Work began in August 2025, at which point the project was planned to cost $440 million. The station will close on January 5, 2026, and will reopen in 2029.[8][9]
Bus connections
- 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
- ^ "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2024" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority. January 22, 2025. Retrieved April 13, 2025.
- ^ State/Lake. Chicago-"L".org (URL accessed October 8, 2006).
- ^ "Apple Takes Its 'Shot on iPhone' Campaign to Video". Ad Age. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "State and Lake Railway Station, Chicago, US". Railway Technology. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "State/Lake Station". Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/05/state-and-lake-cta-station-closing-for-3-years-starting-in-january
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