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Lake States Transit >
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CTA > The Loop
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The Loop |
| Year Opened | 1897 | # of Tracks | 2 |
| Rail Transfers | N/A | ||
| Inner Loop Routes | See below | Outer Loop Routes | See Below |
| City | Chicago | Right of Way | Wabash |
| Point of Interest | |||
Tower 18 is the flat almost full Grand Union at the northwest corner of the loop. The only leg of the union missing is linking west to the north, but that is where the tower is located. At one time this was considered the busiest railway junction in the world. It certainly is the busiest flat Rapid Transit Junction in the world.
Click on any photo to enlarge!
 A
Brown Line train seen squealing off the Loop and onto the North bound
right-of-way. (12/97) |
 This
outbound Lake St. (Green Line) train is banging the diamonds at Tower 18.
(12/97) |
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 View
of the tower from the street (4/23/04) |
 Another
view of the tower from a different direction. (4/23/04) |
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 The
flat junction looking north as viewed from a front of a train. (4/24/04) |
 A
Brown Line train has just went through this busy junction. (4/23/04) |
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 Upper
train, Brown Line heading onto Outer Loop, lower train, Orange Line on the
Inner Loop (9/1/11) |
 Upper
train, Pink Line train heading outbound, lower left, Purple Line entering
the inner Loop, lower right, Brown Line heading outbound (9/1/11) |
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The
NEW Tower 18 seen from the street (9/1/11) |
 Orange
Line rounding the curve over the entrance to the Blue line subway
Clark/Lake station (9/1/11) |
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 Approaching
the new Tower 18 from Lake Street (9/5/11) |
 Green
or Pink Line train heading onto Inner Loop (9/1/11) |
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| Towards NORTH | Towards SOUTH | Towards EAST | Towards WEST |
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TO: Brown (To Kimball) Purple (To Linden) |
TO: Brown (From Kimball) |
TO: Orange (To Midway) Pink (FROM Cermak) Purple (FROM Linden) Green (TO Cottage Gove or 63/Ashland) |
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FROM: Brown (From Kimball) Purple (From Linden) |
FROM: Orange (FROM Midway) Pink (TO Cermak) |
FROM: Brown (TO Kimball) Green (TO Harlem) |
FROM: Green TO Cottage Gove or 63/Ashland) Pink (FROM Cermak) |
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Other CTA Lines | Blue | Brown | Green | Orange | Pink | Purple | Red |Yellow |
Misc CTA |
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