page_title: Washington station (CTA Red Line)
section_title: Structure
hierarchical_section_title: Washington station (CTA Red Line) / History / Structure
caption_attribution_description: 20040708 02 State St. Subway @ Lake St.
context_page_description: Washington is an abandoned 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line. It was a subway station in the State Street subway located at 128 North State Street in the Loop. It is the only closed station on the Red Line.
context_section_description: The platform at Washington is part of a long continuous platform beneath State Street which runs from the Jackson station to the Lake station, spanning nearly seven blocks, making it the United States' longest continuous passenger platform.  There are two mezzanines with turnstiles for the station: a northern at Randolph shared with the Lake station and a southern at Madison.  There are stairs and escalators along State Street between Randolph and Madison to access both mezzanines.  Additionally, Washington is equipped with an elevator to the northern (Randolph) mezzanine and was therefore accessible to people with disabilities. There is another elevator between that mezzanine and State Street, which is still in use for access to the Lake station.
  There were two stairways on the platform to a lower level pedestrian tunnel that connected the Washington station to its counterpart on the Blue Line subway, Washington/Dearborn, to allow transfers between the Red and Blue Lines. Lake station to the north of Washington and Washington were originally a single station, but they 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 State/Lake station.
caption: Washington in July 2004
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