Clark/Division station

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| image = Platform at Clark-Division.jpg

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| address = 1200 North Clark Street
Chicago, Illinois 60610

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| style = CTA

| line = State Street subway

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| structure = Subway

| platform = 1 island platform

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| tracks = 2

| depth = 26 ft

| parking =

| bicycle = Yes

| opened = October 17, 1943

| closed =

| rebuilt = 2012–15 (station renovation)

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| accessible = yes

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| owned = City of Chicago

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| pass_year = 2024

| passengers = 1,623,086{{cite web |title=Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2024 |url=https://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/6/2024_Annual_Ridership_Report.pdf |publisher=Chicago Transit Authority |access-date=April 6, 2025 |date=January 22, 2025}}

| pass_percent = 8.4

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Clark/Division is an "L" station on the CTA's Red Line. It is a subway station with one island platform located at 1200 North Clark Street, in the Near North Side neighborhood of Chicago, between the Gold Coast and Old Town. Much of Chicago's North Loop nightlife, including the Rush Street district and many bars and nightclubs are located close to the station.

History

File:Clark and Division Red Line Stop.jpg

=Structure=

Clark/Division opened on October 17, 1943, as part of the State Street subway. From Clark/Division northbound trains travel west along Division Street, turning northwest at Clybourn Avenue to North/Clybourn station, a distance of about {{convert|1+1/4|mi|km}} to the northwest. Southbound trains turn south to follow State Street to Chicago/State station, about {{convert|1/2|mi|km}} to the south.{{Cite web |title=CTA - Renovation of Clark/Division Red Line Station |url=https://www.transitchicago.com/clarkdivision/ |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=CTA |language=en}}

=Platform=

Clark/Division is the only station in the State Street subway north of the Loop to have an island platform; all of the other stations in the subway north of the Loop use side platforms.{{Cite web |title=Chicago L.org: Stations - Clark/Division |url=https://www.chicago-l.org/stations/clark-division.html |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=www.chicago-l.org}}

=Renovation=

On September 10, 2012, a renovation project began at the station and ended on September 29, 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.transitchicago.com/mayor-emanuel-announces-completion-of-clarkdivision-red-line-station-renovation/?Month=9&Year=2015|title=Mayor Emanuel Announces Completion of Clark/Division Red Line Station Renovation}} The renovation project made the station accessible to people with disabilities and provided new art features, bike racks, new signage, granite floors and stairs. The new LaSalle mezzanine and entrances opened at 5:00 a.m. on June 30, 2014. The station remained open during the project.{{cite web|title=Renovation of Clark/Division|url=http://www.transitchicago.com/ClarkDivision/|work=Chicago Transit Authority|publisher=transitchicago.com|accessdate=November 27, 2012}} The renovation has a projected cost of $50 million.{{cite web | url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/hilkevitch/ct-2015-transportation-projects-getting-around-met-0202-20150201-column.html#page=1 | title=Where are the Chicago-area construction projects in 2015? | publisher=The Chicago Tribune | date=February 1, 2015 | accessdate=April 24, 2015 | author=Hilkevitch, Jon}} The renovation of the Clark mezzanine and entrances was completed on September 29, 2015.{{cite web|title=Mayor Emanuel Announces Completion of Clark/Division Red Line Station Renovation|url=http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/mayor/press_room/press_releases/2015/september/mayor-emanuel-announces-completion-of-clark-division-red-line-st.html|publisher=City of Chicago|accessdate=September 29, 2015|date=September 29, 2015}}

Bus connections

CTA

22 Clark (Owl Service)
36 Broadway
70 Division
156 LaSalle

In popular culture

Naomi Hirahara's 2021 mystery novel Clark and Division{{Cite web |title=Clark and Division |url=https://www.naomihirahara.com/books/clark-and-division/ |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=Naomi Hirahara |language=en-US}} centers on the death of the narrator's sister, Rose Ito, from being struck by a train at the Clark/Division station.

References

External links

{{Commons category-inline|Clark/Division (CTA)}}
[http://chicago-l.org/stations/clark-division.html Clark/Division Station Page] at Chicago-'L'.org
[https://web.archive.org/web/20090106072501/http://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/redline_schedules/ClarkDivision.pdf Train schedule (PDF)] at [http://www.transitchicago.com/ CTA official site]
[http://www.transitchicago.com/travel_information/station.aspx?StopId=42 Clark/Division Station Page] [http://www.transitchicago.com/ CTA official site]
[https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=41.903938,-87.631438&spn=0.003777,0.013733&z=17&layer=c&cbll=41.903797,-87.631433&panoid=ogr7pyh7n3FZyVQCeQxInA&cbp=12,226.33,,0,6.89 Clark Street entrance from Google Maps Street View]

File:Clark and Division CTA Red Line Entrance.jpg

Category:CTA Red Line stations

Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1943