LaSalle/Van Buren station

LaSalle/Van Buren
Location	121 West Van Buren Street Chicago, Illinois 60605
Coordinates	41°52′36″N 87°37′54″W / 41.8768°N 87.631739°WCoordinates: 41°52′36″N 87°37′54″W / 41.8768°N 87.631739°W
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Brown Line   Orange Line   Purple Line weekday rush hours only   Pink Line
Platforms	2 Side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Rock Island District (at LaSalle Street)
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	October 3, 1897
Previous names	Pacific Avenue
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	820,987[1]  2.9% (CTA)
Rank	85 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station Quincy One-way operation Brown Line Harold Washington Library – State/Van Buren toward Kimball Harold Washington Library – State/Van Buren One-way operation Orange Line Quincy toward Midway Purple Line Quincy toward Linden Pink Line Quincy toward 54th/Cermak
Route map Legend Purple, Orange and Pink Lines west to Linden, Midway, and 54th/Cermak LaSalle St. Clark St. Brown Line east to Kimball
Location

LaSalle/Van Buren is an 'L' station in downtown Chicago serving the CTA's Brown, Orange, Pink, and Purple Lines. LaSalle/Van Buren is one of the nine stations on the Loop. The station opened on October 3, 1897. LaSalle Street Station, terminal for Metra's Rock Island District trains, is less than a block from the station.

It was seen in the 1986 film Running Scared with Gregory Hines and Billy Crystal. All of the surroundings including the platforms and the station are still the same now as they were in the movie. It was also a location in one of the final scenes of the 1987 film "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" with Steve Martin and John Candy.

The Chicago Board of Trade Building is one block to the north.

Bus connections

CTA

• 22 Clark
• 24 Wentworth
• 36 Broadway
• 130 Museum Campus (Summer Service Only)
• 132 Goose Island Express

Notes and references

Notes

1. Due to possible double-counting of physically-connected stations, the CTA's official 2014 tally of stations was 145, but for ridership purposes reported having only 143 stations.

References

1. "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2014" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority Ridership Analysis and Reporting. March 5, 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2015.

External links

• LaSalle/Van Buren Station Page

• CTA - Train schedules: Brown Purple Orange Pink

• Ridership figures, 2009 (172 KiB)

• LaSalle Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Clark Street entrance from Google Maps Street View