Randolph/Wabash station
{{Short description|Train station in Chicago, 1896 to 2017}}
{{distinguish|text= {{cta|Randolph/Wells}}}}
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| image=20170827 13 Randolph & Wabash L Station.jpg
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| address=151 North Wabash Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60601
| coordinates={{coord|41.884431|-87.626149|type:railwaystation_region:US-IL|display=inline, title}}
| line=Loop Elevated
| other=Millennium Station
| structure=Elevated
| platform=2 Side platforms
| levels=
| tracks=2
| parking=
| bicycle=
| opened={{Start date and age|1896|11|08}}
| rebuilt={{Start date and age|1957}}
(new Inner Loop station house)
| closed={{End date and age|2017|09|03}}
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| owned=Chicago Transit Authority
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| former=
| pass_year=2014
| pass_percent=1.2
| pass_rank=21 out of 143{{efn|Due to possible double-counting of physically-connected stations, the CTA's official 2014 tally of stations was 145, but for ridership purposes reported having only 143 stations.}}
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| other_services_header=Former services
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|system2=CTA
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|line4=Purple|left4=State/Lake|right4=Washington/Wabash|note-mid4=Express|oneway-left4=yes|to-right4=Linden
|line5=Pink|left5=State/Lake|right5=Washington/Wabash|oneway-left5=yes|to-right5=54th/Cermak
|line6=Brown|left6=State/Lake|right6=Washington/Wabash|oneway-right6=yes}}
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Randolph/Wabash was an elevated 'L' station in the Loop in Chicago. Located at Randolph Street and Wabash Avenue, it served trains running on the Chicago Transit Authority's Brown and Green Lines on the outer loop track, and the Green, Orange, Pink, and Purple Lines on the inner loop track. Randolph/Wabash was the closest 'L' station to Metra's Millennium Station until its closure on September 3, 2017. The station was later demolished.{{cite web|title=Customer Alert: Randolph/Wabash Station Closure|url=https://www.transitchicago.com/travel-information/alert-detail/?AlertId=42982|website=transitchicago.com|publisher=Chicago Transit Authority|accessdate=September 3, 2017}}{{Cite web|url=https://chicago.curbed.com/2017/9/5/16255256/randolph-wabash-cta-l-chicago-transit-madison|title=The Loop's Randolph/Wabash station is now permanently closed|date=5 September 2017}}
History
Randolph/Wabash opened on November 8, 1896, to be used by trains on the Lake Street Elevated Railroad (now the western section of the Green Line).[http://www.chicago-l.org/stations/randolph-wabash.html Randolph/Wabash.] Chicago-"L".org (URL accessed September 30, 2006). The original inner loop station house was replaced in 1957, and the outer loop station house was removed in the 1960s. On September 3, 2017, Randolph/Wabash closed, three days after its replacement, Washington/Wabash station, opened.{{Cite web|url=https://chicago.curbed.com/2017/8/31/16234044/washington-wabash-loop-cta-station|title = Chicago's new Washington-Wabash 'L' station officially opens|date = 31 August 2017}}
In popular culture
Randolph/Wabash was used for exterior shots in the 1995 film While You Were Sleeping. The station also appeared in the 1987 film Adventures in Babysitting. In addition, a 2015 Apple advertising campaign, "Shot on iPhone 6", features the short journey between Randolph/Wabash and State/Lake shot in time lapse.{{cite news |title=Apple Takes Its 'Shot on iPhone' Campaign to Video |url=https://adage.com/creativity/work/shot-iphone-6-cocu-l/42062/ |access-date=14 June 2025 |work=Ad Age |language=en}}
Gallery
File:Randolph & Wabash (CTA station) by Taric Alani.jpg|
File:Randolph-Wabash.JPG|
Notes
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References
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External links
{{Commons category-inline|Randolph/Wabash (CTA)}}
- {{HAER |survey=IL-1-D |id=il0386 |title=Union Elevated Railroad, Randolph-Wabash Avenue Station}}
- [http://www.chicago-l.org/stations/randolph-wabash.html Randolph/Wabash Station Page] at Chicago-L.org
- [https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8844749,-87.6262693,3a,75y,34.1h,89.65t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s94qglJdskRebBirGRpbefg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en Randolph Street entrance from Google Maps Street View]
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Category:CTA Brown Line stations
Category:CTA Green Line stations
Category:CTA Orange Line stations
Category:CTA Purple Line stations
Category:CTA Pink Line stations
Category:Historic American Engineering Record in Chicago
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1896
Category:Former North Shore Line stations
Category:Defunct Chicago "L" stations
Category:Railway stations in the United States closed in 2017
Category:Demolished railway stations in the United States
Category:1896 establishments in Illinois
Category:2017 disestablishments in Illinois
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