Merchandise Mart station

{{Short description|Chicago "L" station}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox station

| custom_header = {{Infobox station/Header CTA|name=Merchandise Mart|line1=Brown|line2=Purple|grid=320N 200W}}

| image = Tracks at Merchandise Mart.jpg

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| address = 350 North Wells Street
Chicago, Illinois 60654

| coordinates = {{coord|41.888675|-87.633966|type:railwaystation_region:US-IL|display=inline, title}}

| style = CTA

| line = North Side Main Line

| other =

| structure = Elevated

| platform = 2 Side platforms

| levels = 1

| tracks = 2

| parking = No

| bicycle =

| opened = {{Start date and age|1930|12|05}}

| closed =

| rebuilt = 1987–{{Start date and age|1988}}

| electrified =

| accessible = True

| code =

| owned = Chicago Transit Authority

| zone =

| former =

| pass_year = 2024

| passengers = 1,247,670{{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 12, 2025 |date=January 22, 2025}}

| pass_percent = 7.3

| pass_rank =

| pass_system =

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=CTA

|line3=Brown loop|left3=Chicago|right3=Washington/Wells

|line4=Brown|left4=Chicago|right4=Clark/Lake|oneway-right4=true

|line7=Purple loop|left7=Chicago|right7=Clark/Lake|note-mid7=Express

|line8=Purple|left8=Chicago|right8=Washington/Wells|note-mid8=Express|oneway-right8=true

}}

| other_services_header = Former services

| other_services_collapsible = yes

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=North Shore Line|line1=Main|left1=Grand Avenue|right1=Clark/Lake|oneway-right1=yes

|line2=Main|left2=Grand Avenue|right2=Randolph/Wells

|system3=CTA|line3=NSML|left3=Grand|note-left3=Closed 1970|right3=North Water Terminal|to-right3=North Water Terminal

|line4=NSML|left4=Grand|right4=Clark/Lake|note-left4=Closed 1970|oneway-right4=yes

|line5=NSML|left5=Grand|right5=Randolph/Wells|note-left5=Closed 1970|to-right5=Loop brown old|note-right5=Closed 1995

}}

| mapframe = yes

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Merchandise Mart{{cite web|title=Merchandise Mart|url=http://www.transitchicago.com/travel_information/station.aspx?StopId=98|work=Chicago Transit Authority|publisher=transitchicago.com|accessdate=November 9, 2012}}{{cite web|last=Cox|first=Jeremiah|title=Merchandise Mart|url=http://subwaynut.com/chicago/brown_line/merchandise_mart/|work=The Subway Nut|publisher=subwaynut.com|accessdate=November 9, 2012}} is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, located in the Near North Side neighborhood at 350 North Wells Street in Chicago, Illinois (directional coordinates 320 north, 200 west). The station is elevated above street level, on a steel structure. The turnstiles and customer assistant booth of the station are located on the second level of the Merchandise Mart itself. This is the main entrance to the station.

There are two fare-card only, unattended entrances atop two long stairways accessed directly from Wells Street, just north of Kinzie Avenue. The station is constructed mostly of steel, with wooden platforms covered by a canopy most of their length. There are two side platforms both long enough to support eight-car trains, the longest possible on the CTA system. The southbound platform is just slightly below the level of the station entrance while an enclosed bridge over the tracks connects to the northbound platform on the opposite side.

The station is fully accessible, resulting in a complicated elevator setup. The elevator on the southbound platform can lower from the entrance to the platform, as well as go up to the top of the bridge. Another elevator on the opposite side of the bridge lowers to the northbound platform.