Washington (CTA Red Line station)

Washington
Washington/State station in May 2005 prior to its October 2006 closure
Location	128 North State Street Chicago, Illinois 60602
Coordinates	41°53′01″N 87°37′40″W / 41.8837°N 87.6278°W / 41.8837; -87.6278
Owned by	City of Chicago
Line(s)	Red Line
Platforms	1 Island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Subway
History
Opened	October 17, 1943
Closed	October 23, 2006
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station Lake toward Howard Red Line State Street Subway Monroe toward 95th/Dan Ryan   Former tunnel transfer   Clark/Lake toward O'Hare Blue Line Milwaukee-Dearborn Subway Transfer at: Washington/Dearborn Monroe toward Forest Park
Route map Red Line north to Howard Platform open trains do not stop Red Line south to 95th/Dan Ryan

Washington/State is an abandoned 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line. It was a subway station in the State Street Subway located at 128 North State Street in downtown Chicago, Illinois. It is the only closed CTA subway station. At street level at State & Washington is the terminal for night owl bus routes.

The platform at Washington/State is part of a long continuous platform beneath State Street which runs from the Jackson station to the Lake station, spanning nearly seven blocks, making it the United States' longest continuous passenger platform. There were two mezzanines with turnstiles for the station: a northern at Randolph shared with the Lake station and a southern at Madison. There are stairs and escalators along State Street between Randolph and Madison to access both mezzanines. Additionally, Washington is equipped with an elevator and was therefore accessible to people with disabilities.

There were two stairways on the platform to a lower level pedestrian tunnel that connected the Washington station to its counterpart on the Blue Line subway, Washington/Dearborn, to allow transfers between the Red and Blue Lines. Lake station to the north of Washington/State and Washington/State station were originally a single 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.