Ashland (CTA Green and Pink Lines station)

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Not to be confused with Ashland/63rd (CTA station), also on the Green Line.
Ashland
20021225 03 Green Line L at Ashland Ave..jpg
Location 1601 West Lake Street
Chicago, Illinois 60612
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Platforms 2 Side platforms
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened November 6, 1893
Rebuilt 1996 (restored)
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 782,503[1] Increase 0.2%
Rank 88 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station
toward Harlem/Lake
 Green Line
toward 54th/Cermak
 Pink Line
toward The Loop
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 elevated line to follow the Paulina line to the south. The adjacent stations are California (Green), which is located about Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). to the west, Polk (Pink), which is located about 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south, and Morgan station, approximately Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). to the east.

History

Ashland Station opened on November 6, 1893 as part of the Lake Street Elevated Railroad's initial route,[2] 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 line,[3] but later reopened on February 25, 1951, the same day the Milwaukee-Dearborn subway opened for service.[4] During the two-year closure of the Green Line from 1994–1996, the station buildings were restored and elevators were added to make the station ADA compliant.

Structure and location

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.

Bus connections

CTA

  • #9 Ashland (Owl Service)

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Due to possible double-counting of physically-connected stations, the CTA's official 2014 tally of stations was 145, but for ridership purposes reported having only 143 stations.

References

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External links

Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons

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