Jackson (CTA Red Line station)

Jackson
File:Busker at Roosevelt Red Line Stop.jpg
Location	230 South State Street Chicago, Illinois 60604
Coordinates
Owned by	City of Chicago
Line(s)
Platforms	1 Island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	(Via Jackson/Dearborn) (Via Harold Washington Library – State/Van Buren)
Construction
Structure type	Subway
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	October 17, 1943
Rebuilt	1989–91 (Adams-Jackson mezzanine), 1996–2000 (Jackson-Van Buren mezzanine), 2002–04 (platform)
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	3,361,320  5.6%
Rank	11 out of 143
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station Monroe toward Howard Red Line State Street Subway Harrison toward 95th/Dan Ryan   Tunnel transfer   Monroe toward O'Hare Blue Line Milwaukee-Dearborn Subway Transfer at: Jackson LaSalle toward Forest Park   Walking farecard transfer   LaSalle/Van Buren One-way operation Brown Line Transfer at: Harold Washington Library – State/Van Buren Adams/Wabash toward Kimball Roosevelt One-way operation Orange Line Transfer at: Harold Washington Library – State/Van Buren LaSalle/Van Buren toward Midway Adams/Wabash One-way operation Purple Line Transfer at: Harold Washington Library – State/Van Buren LaSalle/Van Buren toward Linden Pink Line Transfer at: Harold Washington Library – State/Van Buren LaSalle/Van Buren toward 54th/Cermak
Route map Legend State Street Red Line north to Howard Adams Street Jackson Boulevard x20px File:BSicon exleer+BSr.svg Van Buren Street Congress Parkway Red Line south to 95th/Dan Ryan

Jackson (also Jackson/State) is a subway station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Red Line in the Chicago Loop. Free transfers to Blue Line trains are available at this station via a lower level transfer tunnel to the Jackson/Dearborn subway station and farecard transfers to Purple, Orange, Brown and Pink Line trains are available through the Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren Loop Elevated station.

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Jackson station in 2004 after renovation was completed

Like the Washington station, the northern extension of which was reconfigured as the Lake station, Jackson was originally double-length, with a third station mezzanine at Van Buren Street and Congress Parkway. The Van Buren-Congress mezzanine was closed on January 6, 1984, following the closure of the South Loop's main anchor, Sears, which had a direct entrance from the mezzanine. At the same time, the south end of the Jackson platform beyond the Jackson-Van Buren mezzanine was closed off with a plywood wall and both the platform area and mezzanine now remain, but abandoned. The street level entrances to the Van Buren-Congress mezzanine were removed when State Street was remodeled in 1997, replaced with access through grates, which can be seen on the sidewalks between Van Buren Street and Congress Parkway.

Jackson on the Red Line (and Blue Line) has been recognized as the station(s) with the most thefts by NBC Chicago.

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Underground pedestrian tunnel connecting the Red and Blue Lines in the Loop area in Chicago.
Note the lights are artificial, not sunlight from windows.

Bus connections

CTA

• #1 Bronzeville/Union Station
• #2 Hyde Park Express
• #6 Jackson Park Express
• #7 Harrison
• #10 Museum of Science and Industry
• #29 State
• #36 Broadway
• #62 Archer (Owl Service)
• #126 Jackson
• #146 Inner Drive/Michigan Express
• #147 Outer Drive Express
• #151 Sheridan

External links

• Jackson/State Station Page at Chicago-'L'.org
• Train schedule (PDF) at CTA official site
• Jackson/State Station Page CTA official site
• Adams Street/Jackson Boulevard entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Van Buren Street/Jackson Boulevard entrance from Google Maps Street View