Lake (CTA station)

Lake
Location	188 North State Street Chicago, Illinois 60601
Coordinates	41°53′05″N 87°37′40″W / 41.884809°N 87.627813°W / 41.884809; -87.627813
Owned by	City of Chicago
Line(s)	Red Line
Platforms	1 Island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	(Via State/Lake)   Orange Line   Green Line   Brown Line   Purple Line weekday rush hours only   Pink Line (Via The Pedway)   Blue Line
Construction
Structure type	Subway
Bicycle facilities	Yes (Randolph Entrance)
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	October 17, 1943 (as part of Washington) June 2, 1996 (as temporary Washington-Lake station) November 18, 1997 (as permanent Lake station)
Rebuilt	1996–97 (Randolph-Washington mezzanine), 2004–05 (Lake-Randolph mezzanine and platform)
Previous names	Washington (part of that station), Lake-Washington (as temporarily separate station stop)
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	7,011,372  7.3%
Rank	1 out of 143
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station Grand toward Howard Red Line Monroe toward 95th/Dan Ryan   Closed   Grand toward Howard Red Line Washington toward 95th/Dan Ryan   Pedway transfer   Clark/Lake toward O'Hare Blue Line Milwaukee–Dearborn Subway Transfer at: Washington Monroe toward Forest Park
Route map State Street Red Line north to Howard Lake Street ( Brown, Green, Purple, Orange, and Pink Lines ) Benton Pl. Randolph St. Red Line south to 95th/Dan Ryan

Lake (also known as Lake/State) is an 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line in the Chicago Loop that is part of the State Street Subway. Lake is a transfer station between the Red Line and the Brown, Green, Orange, Pink, and Purple Lines at the State/Lake station and the Blue Line via the Pedway. In December 2014, Lake had an average of 20,482 weekday passenger entries, making it the busiest 'L' station.

Lake is linked to the Millennium Station via a Chicago Pedway connection that can be accessed at its Randolph exit.

On November 20, 2009, the pedway connecting the unpaid portions of Lake and Washington stations reopened to service.

This station was originally part of the now defunct Washington station, but they were separated on June 2, 1996 due to the renovation project of the Randolph-Washington mezzanine and Lake became an independent station on November 18, 1997 in order to better facilitate transfers between the Red Line subway and the elevated State/Lake station.

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