Canal Station (CTA Lake Street Elevated)
History and location
Canal
Opening in 1893 as part of the newly opened Lake Street Elevated, the Canal station was located above Canal Street west of the Chicago River and railroads leading up to Union Station. The station was eventually closed in 1909 and was replaced by the newly opened Clinton station a block west.
Clinton
In 1911, two years after the opening of Clinton station, an adjacent passenger terminal station, the C&NW Terminal, opened. The stations were connected in 1970 with a passageway, called the "Northwest Passage". The passageway closed in 1990 when the C&NW Terminal was rebuilt as Ogilvie Transportation Center, replaced by a holding track for Metra trains. Today, it remains the closest "L" station to the passenger terminal whose platforms directly abut Clinton.
The station, along with many other stations along the newly-established Green Line, was closed from 1994 to 1996 for reconstruction.
Bus connections
- J14 Jeffery Jump
- 56 Milwaukee
- 125 Water Tower Express
References
- ^ "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2022" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. February 2, 2023. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
- ^ "Railway Terminal Guide of Chicago". www.davidrumsey.com. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
- ^ "Chicago L.org: Stations - Canal". www.chicago-l.org. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
- ^ "Chicago and Northwestern Passenger Terminal". chicagology.com. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "Saving the Green Line". Center for Neighborhood Technology. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ Hautzinger, Daniel (26 February 2020). "When the Green Line Shut Down for More Than Two Years". WTTW. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
External links
Media related to Clinton/Lake (CTA) at Wikimedia Commons
- Garfield, Graham. "Clinton/Lake station page". Chicago-L.org.
- Clinton Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
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