Adams/Wabash station
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Adams/Wabash is an 'L' station serving the CTA's Brown, Green, Orange, Pink, and Purple Lines. Until 1963, it also served interurban trains of the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad. It is the
Inner Loop platform
The Loop (CTA)
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The Loop is the 1.79-mile-long circuit of elevated rail that forms the hub of the Chicago "L" system in the United States. As of April 2024, the branch served 40,341 passengers on an average weekday.
Adams/Wabash station
…Art Institute of Chicago. The station was opened on November 8, 1896, by Lake Street Elevated Railroad before being incorporated into Charles Yerkes's Union Loop in October 1897. The station originally had separate ticket offices, one for each platform. The station houses were painted sheet metal similar to…
A Brown Line train passes through Tower 12 as it makes the turn from Van Buren onto Wabash, while an Orange Line train waits for it to clear
Chicago Transit Authority signal tower 18 controls traffic of Purple and Brown Line trains entering from and exiting to the north, Pink and Green Line trains entering and exiting to the west, and Orange Line trains remaining in the Loop above the Wells and Lake street intersection.
A Brown Line train departing from Madison/Wabash; the station was eventually demolished and replaced with Washington/Wabash
Northward view from the Adams/Wabash station at night