Clinton station (CTA Green and Pink Lines)

For the Blue Line station, see Clinton station (CTA Blue Line).

Clinton is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Green Line and Pink Line. It opened on October 16, 1909, and was completely rebuilt during the Green Line rehabilitation project in 1996.

Clinton   540W 200N
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
General information
Location	540 West Lake Street Chicago, Illinois 60661
Coordinates	41.885678°N 87.641782°W / 41.885678; -87.641782
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Lake Branch
Platforms	2 Side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Metra: Ogilvie
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	October 16, 1909; 115 years ago (1909-10-16)
Rebuilt	1970; 54 years ago (1970), 1996; 28 years ago (1996)
Previous names	Clinton/Northwest Passage
Passengers
2022	580,821[1]  47.6%
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Morgan toward Harlem/Lake Green Line Clark/Lake toward Ashland/63rd or Cottage Grove Morgan toward 54th/Cermak Pink Line Clark/Lake Loop-bound terminus Washington/​Wells One-way operation
Former services Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Halsted Closed 1994 toward Harlem/Lake Lake Street Elevated Fifth/Lake Closed 1899 toward Loop (Randolph/Wells) or Market Terminal
Track layout Legend Green to Harlem/Lake Pink 54th/Cermak Jefferson St. Clinton St. UP-N UP-NW UP-W Pink to the Loop Green to Ashland/63rd or Cottage Grove
Location

History and location

Station platform

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.^[2] The station was eventually closed in 1909 and was replaced by the newly opened Clinton station a block west.^[3]

Clinton

In 1911, two years after the opening of Clinton station, an adjacent passenger terminal station, the C&NW Terminal, opened.^[4] 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.^[5][6]

Bus connections

CTA

• J14 Jeffery Jump
• 56 Milwaukee
• 125 Water Tower Express

References

1. "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2022" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. February 2, 2023. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
2. "Railway Terminal Guide of Chicago". www.davidrumsey.com. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
3. "Chicago L.org: Stations - Canal". www.chicago-l.org. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
4. "Chicago and Northwestern Passenger Terminal". chicagology.com. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
5. "Saving the Green Line". Center for Neighborhood Technology. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
6. 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