History
Clark/Lake is a super station consisting of two stations that have been merged into one. The original elevated station opened on September 22, 1895 as one of three stations on the Lake Street Elevated Railroad's "Wabash extension." This extension became the Lake Street leg of the Union Loop when it was completed in 1897. The subway station opened as Lake Transfer in the Dearborn Street Subway in February 1951. In 1992, the elevated station was reconstructed, with its main entrance in the James R. Thompson Center. This enabled transfer between the elevated and subway platforms without leaving the paid area, and so the stations were combined into a single facility. Due to this, it is the one station that serves six of the eight lines. The Blue Line services the subway station while the Green, Orange, Brown, Pink and Purple (express) lines serve the elevated station.
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