Jackson station (CTA Red Line)

Jackson (also Jackson/State) is an 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line in the 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 via the Harold Washington Library State/Van Buren Loop Elevated station.

Jackson
 
300S
0E/0W
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
Location230 South State Street
Chicago, Illinois 60604
Coordinates41.878153°N 87.627596°W / 41.878153; -87.627596
Owned byCity of Chicago
Line(s)State Street Subway
Platforms1 Island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBlue at Jackson
Brown Orange Purple Pink at Harold Washington Library – State/Van Buren
Construction
Structure typeSubway
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
History
OpenedOctober 17, 1943
Rebuilt198991 (Adams-Jackson mezzanine), 19962000 (Jackson-Van Buren mezzanine), 200204 (platform)
Passengers
20192,601,587[1] 4.6%
Rank14 out of 143
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Monroe
toward Howard
Red Line Harrison
Track layout
State Street
Red Line
north to Howard
Adams Street
Jackson Boulevard
Van Buren Street
Congress Parkway
Red Line
south to 95th/Dan Ryan

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 Ida B. Wells Drive.

Bus connections

CTA

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

Notes and references

Notes

    References

    1. "Monthly Ridership Report December 2019" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 13, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
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