Not to be confused with LaSalle/Van Buren or the adjacent LaSalle Street Metra Station.

LaSalle is an 'L' station on the CTA's Blue Line. It is a subway station with a single island platform located at 150 West Ida B. Wells Drive in the Loop district of Chicago, Illinois.

History

LaSalle station opened on February 25, 1951, as the southern terminal of the Milwaukee-Dearborn subway on the CTA's Milwaukee Avenue route.[2] It remained a terminal station until it was connected to the new Congress Expressway route in June 1958.

Location

The station is located at 150 West Ida B. Wells Drive in the Loop district of Chicago, Illinois. It is the closest station to LaSalle Street Station,[3] terminal for Rock Island District Metra trains.

Bus and rail connections

CTA

  • 24 Wentworth
  • 36 Broadway

Metra

References

  1. ^ "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2022" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. February 2, 2023. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  2. ^ Borzo, Greg (2007). "Chapter Nine: Finally a Subway". The Chicago "L". Chicago: Arcadia Publishing. pp. 91–102. ISBN 978-0-7385-5100-5.
  3. ^ Garfield, Graham. "LaSalle". Chicago "L".org. Retrieved 2008-02-17.

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