Lake station (CTA)



Lake is an 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line in the Chicago Loop that is part of the State Street subway. Lake is a transfer station between the Red Line and the Brown, Green, Orange, Pink, and Purple Lines at the station and the Blue Line at via the Chicago Pedway. In 2019, Lake had an average of 19,364 weekday passenger entries, making it the busiest 'L' station.
Lake is linked to the Millennium station and Millennium Park via a Chicago Pedway connection that can be accessed at its Randolph–Washington exit.
On November 20, 2009, the Chicago Pedway connecting the unpaid portions of Lake and stations reopened to service.
This station was originally part of the now-abandoned station. The two were separated on June 2, 1996 due to the renovation project of the Randolph-Washington mezzanine and Lake became an independent station on November 18, 1997 in order to better facilitate transfers between the Red Line subway and the elevated station.

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