Washington station (CTA Blue Line)

Not to be confused with Washington/State, Washington/Wabash, or Washington/Wells.

Washington   100N 36W
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
General information
Location	19 North Dearborn Street Chicago, Illinois 60602
Coordinates	41.883164°N 87.62944°W / 41.883164; -87.62944
Owned by	City of Chicago
Line(s)	Milwaukee-Dearborn Subway
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Red at Lake via The Pedway
Construction
Structure type	Subway
Depth	45 ft
History
Opened	February 25, 1951 (1951-02-25)
Rebuilt	1982 (1982) (Randolph-Washington) 1983–1984 (1984) (Washington-Madison)
Passengers
2022	1,846,738  41.3%
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Clark/Lake toward O'Hare Blue Line Monroe toward Forest Park
Track layout Dearborn St. Blue to O'Hare Randolph St. Washington St. Calhoun Pl Madison St. Blue to Forest Park
Location

Washington is an 'L' station on the CTA's Blue Line. It is situated between the Clark/Lake and Jackson stations in the Milwaukee-Dearborn subway and is near the Richard J. Daley Center.

History

Washington opened on February 25, 1951, as part of the Milwaukee-Dearborn subway, the second of two subways to be constructed in Chicago. The station was entirely renovated from 1982 to 1984. As constructed, the station has two closed stairways to a lower level pedestrian transfer tunnel to the closed Washington station in the State Street subway. At midnight on October 23, 2006, the lower level transfer tunnel to the Red Line closed as part of the construction of a planned superstation under the Block 37 mall. On November 20, 2009, the pedway linking the Lake station's unpaid area to that of Washington reopened and beginning in May 2013, the CTA provided a farecard transfer through the pedway between the stations.

This is the northernmost of the three stations on one long continuous platform underneath Dearborn Street, with the stops at Monroe and Jackson being the other two.

Service

Washington is part of the CTA's Blue Line, which runs from O'Hare to downtown Chicago and Forest Park. It is the second station in the Loop from O'Hare and the fourth from Forest Park. The station is situated between the Clark/Lake and Monroe stations. Blue Line trains serve Washington 24 hours a day every day; trains operate every 7 to 10 minutes during rush hour and midday operation, with longer headways of up to 30 minutes at night. 2,335,025 passengers boarded at Washington in 2010. There are two mezzanines for the station, Randolph-Washington, open 24 hours a day, providing a farecard transfer to the Red Line, and access to Daley Plaza. The second mezzanine is Washington-Madison, which is also open 24 hours a day.

Bus connections

CTA

• J14 Jeffery Jump
• 20 Madison (Owl service)
• 22 Clark
• 24 Wentworth (Weekdays only)
• 28 Stony Island (Weekday Rush Hours only)
• 36 Broadway
• 56 Milwaukee
• 60 Blue Island/26th (Owl Service)
• 62 Archer (Owl Service)
• 124 Navy Pier
• 130 Museum Campus (Summer Service Only)
• 157 Streeterville/Taylor (Weekdays only)

External links

• Washington/Dearborn Station Page
• Madison Street/Washington Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Randolph Street/Washington Street entrance from Google Maps Street View