Randolph/Wabash station

Not to be confused with Randolph/Wells.

Randolph/Wabash was an elevated 'L' station in the Loop in Chicago. Located at Randolph Street and Wabash Avenue, it served trains running on the Chicago Transit Authority's Brown and Green Lines on the outer loop track, and the Green, Orange, Pink, and Purple Lines on the inner loop track. Randolph/Wabash was the closest 'L' station to Metra's Millennium Station until its closure on September 3, 2017. The station was later demolished.^[2][3]

Randolph/Wabash   150N 44E
General information
Location	151 North Wabash Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60601
Coordinates	41.884431°N 87.626149°W / 41.884431; -87.626149
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Loop Elevated
Platforms	2 Side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Millennium Station
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	November 8, 1896; 128 years ago (1896-11-08)
Closed	September 3, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-09-03)
Rebuilt	1957; 68 years ago (1957) (new Inner Loop station house)
Passengers
2014	2,242,622[1]  1.2%
Rank	21 out of 143[a]
Former services
Preceding station Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Following station Clark/Lake toward Milwaukee North Shore Line Madison/Wabash One-way operation Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station State/​Lake One-way operation Orange Line Washington/​Wabash toward Midway  State/​Lake toward Harlem/​Lake Green Line Washington/​Wabash toward Ashland/​63rd or Cottage Grove State/​Lake One-way operation Purple Line Express Washington/​Wabash toward Linden Pink Line Washington/​Wabash toward 54th/​Cermak State/​Lake toward Kimball Brown Line Washington/​Wabash One-way operation
Track layout Legend Brown and Green Lines north to Kimball and Harlem/​Lake Randolph St. Purple, Orange, Green, and Pink Lines south to Linden, Midway , Ashland/​63rd, Cottage Grove, and 54th/​Cermak
Location

History

Randolph/Wabash opened on November 8, 1896, to be used by trains on the Lake Street Elevated Railroad (now the western section of the Green Line).^[4] The original inner loop station house was replaced in 1957, and the outer loop station house was removed in the 1960s. On September 3, 2017, Randolph/Wabash closed, three days after its replacement, Washington/Wabash station, opened.^[5]

In popular culture

Randolph/Wabash was used for exterior shots in the 1995 film While You Were Sleeping. The station also appeared in the 1987 film Adventures in Babysitting. In addition, a 2015 Apple advertising campaign, "Shot on iPhone 6", features the short journey between Randolph/Wabash and State/Lake shot in time lapse.^[6]

Gallery

• Station Exterior
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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.