LaSalle/Van Buren station

LaSalle/Van Buren   140W 400S
General information
Location	121 West Van Buren Street Chicago, Illinois 60605
Coordinates	41.8768°N 87.631739°W / 41.8768; -87.631739
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Orange Line   Purple Line   Pink Line   Brown Line
Platforms	2 Side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Rock Island (at LaSalle Street)
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	October 3, 1897
Previous names	Pacific Avenue
Passengers
2017	812,120  0.7% (CTA)
Rank	85 out of 143
Services
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Track layout Purple, Orange and Pink Lines west to Linden, Midway , and 54th/Cermak LaSalle St. Clark St. Brown Line east to Kimball

LaSalle/Van Buren is an 'L' station in downtown Chicago serving the CTA's Brown, Orange, Pink, and Purple Lines. LaSalle/Van Buren is one of the nine stations on the Loop. The station opened on October 3, 1897. LaSalle Street Station, terminal for Metra's Rock Island District trains, is less than a block from the station.

The station is seen in the 1986 film Running Scared with Gregory Hines and Billy Crystal. All of the surroundings including the platforms and the station are still the same now as they are in the movie. The station was also a location in one of the final scenes of the 1987 film "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" with Steve Martin and John Candy. The station is also seen in the 1974 film Three the Hard Way

The Chicago Board of Trade Building is one block to the north.

Bus connections

CTA

• 22 Clark
• 24 Wentworth
• 36 Broadway
• 130 Museum Campus (Summer Service Only)
• 132 Goose Island Express

External links

• LaSalle/Van Buren Station Page
• CTA - Train schedules: Brown Purple Orange Pink

• Ridership figures, 2009 (172 KiB)

• LaSalle Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Clark Street entrance from Google Maps Street View