Market Street Terminal

The Market Street Terminal was a station on the Chicago "L"'s Lake Street Elevated – today part of the Green Line – between 1893 and 1948. The Elevated's original downtown terminus, it opened at the corner of Madison Street and Market Street (modern-day Wacker Drive) on November 6, 1893, alongside the rest of the Elevated. When the Loop was constructed in 1895, the Terminal was required to be demolished but no action was taken. When it closed in 1948, only overflow traffic served it. It was demolished shortly thereafter for the construction of double-decked Wacker Drive.^[1]

MARKET ST. TERMINAL   360W 1N
Site of the former terminal station (2023)
General information
Location	Madison Street and Market Street Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates	41°52′55″N 87°38′13″W
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Lake Street Elevated
Platforms	1 island platform
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	November 6, 1893
Closed	April 5, 1948
Former services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Randolph/Market toward Forest Park Lake Street Elevated Market Street branch Terminus
Location

See also

• Stub terminals of the Chicago "L"