Jackson station (CTA Red Line)

This article is about the 'L' station known as "Jackson/State". For the historically black university, see Jackson State University.

Jackson   300S 0E/0W
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
Station platform with stairs to the Blue Line station.
General information
Location	230 South State Street Chicago, Illinois 60604
Coordinates	41.878153°N 87.627596°W / 41.878153; -87.627596
Owned by	City of Chicago
Line(s)	State Street subway
Platforms	1 Island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Blue at Jackson Brown Orange Purple Pink at Harold Washington Library – State/Van Buren
Construction
Structure type	Subway
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	October 17, 1943
Rebuilt	1989–91 (Adams-Jackson mezzanine) 1996–2000 (Jackson-Van Buren mezzanine) 2002–04 (platform)
Passengers
2022	959,018  40.8%
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Monroe toward Howard Red Line Harrison toward 95th/Dan Ryan
Track layout State St. Platform continues north to Monroe Red north to Howard Adams St. Jackson Blvd. Van Buren St. Ida B. Wells Dr. Red south to 95th/Dan Ryan
Location

Jackson is an "L" station on the CTA's Red Line in the Loop. Free transfers to Blue Line trains are available at this station via a lower level transfer tunnel to the Jackson station in the Milwaukee–Dearborn subway and farecard transfers to Purple, Orange, Brown and Pink Line trains are available via the Harold Washington Library – State/Van Buren Loop Elevated station.

Like the Washington station, the northern extension of which was reconfigured as the Lake station, Jackson was originally double-length, with a third station mezzanine at Van Buren Street and Congress Parkway. The Van Buren-Congress mezzanine closed on January 6, 1984, following the closure of the South Loop's main anchor, Sears, which had a direct entrance from the mezzanine. At the same time, the south end of the Jackson platform beyond the Jackson-Van Buren mezzanine was closed off with a plywood wall and both the platform area and mezzanine now remain, but abandoned. The street level entrances to the Van Buren-Congress mezzanine were removed when State Street was remodeled in 1997, replaced with access through grates, which can be seen on the sidewalks between Van Buren Street and Ida B. Wells Drive.

The accessible entrance is located on the west side of State Street between Jackson & Adams, just south of 220 State Street.

Bus connections

CTA

• 1 Bronzeville/Union Station (Weekday Rush Hours only)
• 2 Hyde Park Express (Weekday Rush Hours only)
• 6 Jackson Park Express
• 7 Harrison
• 10 Museum of Science and Industry (Memorial Day through Labor Day only)
• 29 State
• 36 Broadway
• 62 Archer (Owl Service)
• 126 Jackson
• 146 Inner Lake Shore/Michigan Express
• 147 Outer DuSable Lake Shore Express
• 151 Sheridan

External links

• Jackson/State Station Page at Chicago-'L'.org
• Train schedule (PDF) at CTA official site
• Jackson/State Station Page CTA official site
• Adams Street/Jackson Boulevard entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Van Buren Street/Jackson Boulevard entrance from Google Maps Street View

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  Transfer tunnel
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  Stairs to transfer tunnel