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LaSalle 140W
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Chicago 'L' rapid transit station

General information

Location

150 West Ida B. Wells Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60605

Coordinates

41°52′32″N 87°37′54″W / 41.875568°N 87.631722°W / 41.875568; -87.631722

Owned by

City of Chicago

Line(s)

Milwaukee–Dearborn subway

Platforms

1 island platform

Tracks

Connections

RI at LaSalle Street

Construction

Structure type

Subway

Depth

49 ft

Bicycle facilities

Yes

History

Opened

February 25, 1951; 73 years ago (1951-02-25)

Previous names

Congress Terminal

Passengers

2022

463,028

47.3%

Services

Preceding station	Chicago "L"			Following station
Clintontoward Forest Park		Blue Line		Jacksontoward O'Hare

Track layout

Legend


					Blue to O'Hare




					Blue to Forest Park

Location

LaSalle is an 'L' station on the CTA's Blue Line. It is a subway station with a single island platform located at 150 West Ida B. Wells Drive in the Loop district of Chicago, Illinois.

History

LaSalle station opened on February 25, 1951, as the southern terminal of the Milwaukee-Dearborn subway on the CTA's Milwaukee Avenue route. It remained a terminal station until it was connected to the new Congress Expressway route in June 1958.

Location

The station is located at 150 West Ida B. Wells Drive in the Loop district of Chicago, Illinois. It is the closest station to LaSalle Street Station, terminal for Rock Island District Metra trains.

Bus and rail connections

CTA

24 Wentworth
36 Broadway

Metra

LaSalle Street Station

References

"Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2022" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. February 2, 2023. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
Borzo, Greg (2007). "Chapter Nine: Finally a Subway". The Chicago "L". Chicago: Arcadia Publishing. pp. 91–102. ISBN 978-0-7385-5100-5.
Garfield, Graham. "LaSalle". Chicago "L".org. Retrieved 2008-02-17.

External links

LaSalle Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

Chicago Loop

Areas

Skyscrapers

333 North Michigan
77 West Wacker Drive (former United/RR Donnelly Bldg.)
Aon Center
Chicago Board of Trade Building
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Center
Monadnock Building
One Prudential Plaza
Two Prudential Plaza
Rookery Building
Sullivan Center
Willis Tower (Sears Tower)

Education

Primary and secondary schools	Chicago Public Schools Jones College Prep High School Muchin College Prep British International School of Chicago, South Loop
Colleges and universities	City Colleges of Chicago Harold Washington College Columbia College Chicago
Libraries	Chicago Public Library Harold Washington Library

Government
buildings

Other landmarks

CTA stations

Metra stations

v t e Current Chicago "L" stations
Blue Line	O'Hare Rosemont Cumberland Harlem (O'Hare branch) Jefferson Park Montrose Irving Park Addison Belmont Logan Square California Western (O'Hare branch) Damen Division Chicago Grand Clark/Lake Washington Monroe Jackson LaSalle Clinton UIC–Halsted Racine Illinois Medical District Western (Forest Park branch) Kedzie–Homan Pulaski Cicero Austin Oak Park Harlem (Forest Park branch) Forest Park

Current Chicago "L" stations

Blue Line

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