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Washington/Wells

rapid transit station in Chicago, Illinois
Train Station Metro Station Q3566498

Facts

15 properties

Identity

Instance of
metro station, elevated station[4]

Operator

Owned by
Chicago Transit Authority[6]

Location

Country
United States[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 41.883°, -87.634°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Chicago[1]

Status and dates

Inception
July 17, 1995[11]
State of use
in use[21]
More facts +8
Adjacent station
Quincy, Clinton, Clark/Lake, Merchandise Mart station, Quincy, Quincy, Merchandise Mart station, Quincy[7][8][9][10]
Connecting line
The Loop[5]
Connecting service
Pink Line, Purple Line Express, Brown Line, Orange Line[13][14][15][16]
Date of official opening
July 17, 1995[18]
Different from
Washington station, Washington station, Washington/Wabash station[19][20]
Number of platform tracks
+2[12]
Replaces
Randolph/Wells[17]
Transport network
Chicago "L"[3]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 4
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
WashingtonWells CTA 071230.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/0bz9bb
Onestop ID
s-dp3wmbe02u-washington~wells
OpenStreetMap node ID
258940051

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🔗 Connections
Adjacent station 5
Clark/Lake, Quincy, Quincy, Quincy, Quincy
← Adjacent station 5
Clark/Lake, Quincy, Quincy, Quincy, Quincy
Connecting service 3
Orange Line, Brown Line, Pink Line
Instance of 2
metro station, elevated station
Connecting line 1
The Loop
Country 1
United States
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Chicago
Owned by 1
Chicago Transit Authority
Transport network 1
Chicago "L"
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Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . transitchicago.com. Retrieved . transitchicago.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . transitchicago.com. Retrieved . transitchicago.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . transitchicago.com. Retrieved . transitchicago.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . transitchicago.com. Retrieved . transitchicago.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Chicago
    Coordinate location → 41.883°, -87.634°
    Replaces → Randolph/Wells
    Connecting service → Pink Line, Purple Line Express, Brown Line +1
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Replaces: Randolph/Wells, using Frettie/consistency check add.js"
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