Ashland (CTA Green and Pink Lines station)

Ashland

1600W
200N

Location

1601 West Lake Street
Chicago, Illinois 60612

Coordinates

41°53′07″N 87°40′01″W / 41.885269°N 87.666969°W

Owned by

Chicago Transit Authority

Line(s)

Green Line

Pink Line

Platforms

2 Side platforms

Tracks

Construction

Structure type

Elevated

Disabled access

Yes

History

Opened

November 6, 1893

Rebuilt

1996 (restored)

Traffic

Passengers (2015)

810,997

3.6%

Rank

86 out of 143

Services

Preceding station		Chicago "L"		Following station
California toward Harlem/Lake		Green Line Lake Branch		Morgan toward Ashland/63rd or Cottage Grove
Polk toward 54th/Cermak		Pink Line Lake Branch		Morgan toward The Loop (Clark/Lake)

Route map

Green Line

west to Harlem/Lake

Pink Line

south to 54th/Cermak

Paulina St.

Ashland Ave.

Justine St.

Pink Line and Green Line

east to the Loop, Ashland/63rd

and Cottage Grove

Ashland (also Ashland/Lake) is an 'L' station on the CTA's Green and Pink Lines. It is an elevated station with two side platforms, located in Chicago's Near West Side neighborhood at 1601 West Lake Street. Just to the west of the station the Pink Line branches off from the Lake Street branch to follow the Paulina Connector to the Cermak branch. The adjacent stations are California (Green), which is located about 1 ¹⁄₂ miles (2.4 km) to the west, Polk (Pink), which is located about 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south, and Morgan station, approximately ³⁄₄ mile (1.2 km) to the east.

Ashland Station opened on November 6, 1893 as part of the Lake Street Elevated Railroad's initial route, and it is one of the oldest standing stations on the 'L'. The station closed on April 4, 1948, along with nine other stations on the Lake Street branch, but later reopened on February 25, 1951, the same day the Milwaukee-Dearborn subway opened for service. During the two-year closure of the Green Line from 1994–1996, the station was restored and elevators were added to make the station ADA compliant.

Ashland is the closest 'L' station to the United Center home of the Chicago Bulls NBA team and the Chicago Blackhawks NHL team. It is also directly adjacent to Union Park, venue for the Intonation Music Festival and the Pitchfork Music Festival.

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