Washington station (CTA Blue Line)

Washington opened on February 25, 1951, as part of the Milwaukee-Dearborn subway, the second of two subways to be constructed in Chicago. The station was entirely renovated from 1982 to 1984. As constructed, the station has two enclosed stairways to a lower level pedestrian transfer tunnel to the closed Washington station in the State Street subway. At midnight on October 23, 2006, the lower level transfer tunnel to the Red Line closed as part of the construction of a planned superstation under the Block 37 mall. On November 20, 2009, the pedway linking the Lake station's unpaid area to that of Washington reopened and beginning in May 2013, the CTA provided a farecard transfer through the pedway between the stations. This is the northernmost of the three stations on one long continuous platform underneath Dearborn Street, with the stops at Monroe and Jackson being the other two. ==Service==

Washington is part of the CTA's Blue Line, which runs from to downtown Chicago and . It is the second station in the Loop from O'Hare and the fourth from Forest Park. The station is situated between the and stations. Blue Line trains serve Washington 24 hours a day every day; trains operate every 7 to 10 minutes during rush hour and midday operation, with longer headways of up to 30 minutes at night. 2,335,025 passengers boarded at Washington in 2010. There are two mezzanines for the station, Randolph-Washington, open 24 hours a day, providing a farecard transfer to the Red Line, and access to Daley Plaza. The second mezzanine is Washington-Madison, which is also open 24 hours a day. ==Bus connections==

CTA • Jeffery Jump • Madison (Owl Service) • Clark (Owl Service) • Wentworth (weekdays only) • Broadway • Milwaukee • Blue Island/26th (Owl Service) • Archer (Owl Service) • Navy Pier • Museum Campus (summer service only) • Streeterville/Taylor (weekdays only) == References ==