Adams/Wabash station

Adams/Wabash is an 'L' station serving the CTA's Brown, Green, Orange, Pink, and Purple Lines. Until 1963, it also served interurban trains of the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad. It is the closest CTA station to Symphony Center, home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the Art Institute of Chicago.

Adams/Wabash   200S 45E
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
Location	201–23 South Wabash Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60604
Coordinates	41.8795°N 87.6261°W / 41.8795; -87.6261
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Loop Elevated
Platforms	2 Side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	November 8, 1896
Rebuilt	1987–89
Traffic
Passengers (2019)	2,087,483[1]  6.2%
Rank	23 out of 143
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Washington/​Wabash One-way operation Orange Line Roosevelt toward Midway Washington/​Wabash toward Harlem/Lake Green Line Roosevelt toward Ashland/63rd or Cottage Grove Washington/​Wabash One-way operation Purple Line Express Harold Washington Library – State/Van Buren toward Linden Pink Line Harold Washington Library – State/Van Buren toward 54th/Cermak Washington/​Wabash toward Kimball Brown Line Harold Washington Library – State/Van Buren One-way operation
Former services Preceding station Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Following station Madison/Wabash toward Milwaukee North Shore Line Congress/Wabash Closed 1949 One-way operation Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Madison/Wabash Closed 2015 One-way operation Orange Line Roosevelt toward Midway Madison/Wabash Closed 2015 toward Harlem/Lake Green Line Roosevelt toward Ashland/63rd or Cottage Grove Madison/Wabash Closed 2015 One-way operation Purple Line Express Harold Washington Library – State/Van Buren toward Linden Pink Line Harold Washington Library – State/Van Buren toward 54th/Cermak Madison/Wabash Closed 2015 toward Kimball Brown Line Harold Washington Library – State/Van Buren One-way operation
Track layout Brown and Green north to Kimball and Harlem/Lake Adams St. Green, Orange, Pink, and Purple south to 63rd Street, Midway , 54th/Cermak, and Linden

Bus connections

CTA

• 1 Bronzeville/Union Station (Weekday Rush Hours only)
• 7 Harrison (Weekdays only)
• 28 Stony Island (Weekday Rush Hours only)
• 126 Jackson
• 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.

External links

Media related to Adams/Wabash (CTA) at Wikimedia Commons

• Adams/Wabash Station Page at Chicago-L.org
• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. IL-1-C, "Union Elevated Railroad, Adams Street Station"
• Adams Street entrance from Google Maps Street View