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{{short description|Rapid transit line, part of the Chicago 'L' system}}
{{Infobox rail line
| color                           = {{rcr|CTA|Green}}
| name                            = Green Line
| image                           = File:Cottage Grove-bound train approaching Roosevelt station, December 2018.JPG
| image_width                     = frameless{{!}}upright=1.35
| caption                         = A Cottage Grove-bound Green Line train of 5000-series cars approaching [[Roosevelt station (CTA)|Roosevelt]].
| type                            = [[Rapid transit]]
| system                          = [[Chicago "L"]]
| status                          = Operational
| locale                          = [[Chicago]], [[Oak Park, Illinois|Oak Park]], and [[Forest Park, Illinois|Forest Park]], [[Illinois]], United States
| start                           = {{stn|Harlem/Lake}}
| end                             = {{stn|Ashland/63rd}}, {{stn|Cottage Grove}}
| stations                        = 31
| routes                          = 
| daily_ridership                 = 24,693 each weekday (2024)
| open                            = Oldest section: {{Start date and age|1892|06|6}}<br />Current operation: {{Start date and age|1993|02|21}}
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| owner                           = 
| operator                        = [[Chicago Transit Authority]]
| character                       = [[Embankment (earthworks)|Embankment]] and [[Elevated railway|elevated]]
| stock                           = [[5000-series (CTA)|5000-series]]<br/>6-car trains (typical); 8-car maximum
| linelength                      = {{convert|20.695|mi|km|abbr=on}}
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| depot                           = [[Ashland Yard]], [[Harlem Yard]]
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| minradius                       = {{Convert|90|ft|m}}
| electrification                 = {{600 V DC|conductor=third rail}}
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The '''Green Line''' is a rapid transit line in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], operated by the [[Chicago Transit Authority]] (CTA) as part of the [[Chicago "L"]] system. It is the only completely elevated route in the "L" system. All other routes may have various combinations of elevated, subway, street level (at grade), or freeway median sections.<ref>[http://world.nycsubway.org/us/chicago/green.html World.nycsubway.org – Chicago Green Line]</ref> This line is also the only route with three terminals: trains departing Harlem/Lake alternate destinations between Ashland/63rd and Cottage Grove.

The Green Line utilizes the system's oldest segments, dating back to 1892. It extends for {{convert|20.695|mi|km}}, with 31 stations between [[Oak Park, Illinois|Oak Park]]/[[Forest Park, Illinois|Forest Park]] (Harlem/Lake) and [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago's]] [[West Side, Chicago|West Side]], to the [[Chicago Loop|Loop]], and then to the [[South Side, Chicago|South Side]] neighborhoods of [[West Englewood, Chicago|West Englewood]] (Ashland/63rd) and [[Woodlawn, Chicago|Woodlawn]] (Cottage Grove/63rd).

==Route==
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 |caption1 = Harlem/Lake Green Line entrance in Forest Park/Oak Park (2015)
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 |caption2 = The Lake Street Elevated bridge over the Chicago River at night (2005)
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 |caption3 = Northward view from the [[Adams/Wabash station|Adams/Wabash]] station at night (2009)
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 |caption4 = A southbound train passes over the [[McCormick Tribune Campus Center]] at the [[Illinois Institute of Technology]] (2006)
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 |caption5 = The Englewood branch's [[Ashland/63rd (CTA station)|Ashland/63rd]] station and terminal (2009)
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 |caption6 = Cottage Grove station (2002)
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===Lake Street Elevated===
{{main|Lake Street Elevated}}
Beginning at the yard and inspection facilities in [[Forest Park, Illinois|Forest Park]], the Green Line runs east through [[Oak Park, Illinois|Oak Park]] towards the city on an embankment adjacent to [[Metra]]'s [[Union Pacific West Line]] tracks from the Harlem Avenue terminal, on the border of Oak Park and Forest Park, to a point just west of Laramie Avenue. Here, the Green Line tracks diverge from the railroad embankment and continue east on a steel elevated structure directly above Lake Street, a major east–west thoroughfare.

The "L" bridges a couple of railroad tracks (the [[Belt Railway of Chicago]]'s main line and Union Pacific's Rockwell Subdivision) before entering downtown Chicago at Clinton Street. East of Clinton Street, the route bridges [[Metra]]'s [[Union Pacific Railroad|Union Pacific]] railroad tracks (which terminate just south of here at [[Ogilvie Transportation Center]]) and the [[Chicago River]] before joining the Union [[Chicago Loop|Loop]] "L" tracks at Wells Street.

===The Loop===
In downtown [[Chicago]], the Green Line operates over the famous [[The Loop (CTA)|Union Loop]] "L" structure along with [[Brown Line (CTA)|Brown Line]] (Ravenswood), [[Orange Line (CTA)|Orange Line]] (Midway), [[Pink Line (CTA)|Pink Line]] (Douglas) and [[Purple Line (CTA)|Purple Line Express]] (weekday rush hours only) trains. Green Line trains operate both ways over the Lake Street and Wabash Avenue sides only, and do not use the Wells Street and Van Buren Street sides of the Loop.

The Green Line is the only line in the "L" system that has two entry/exit points to the elevated Loop, the only "L" line that runs in both directions on the Loop, and the only route that uses the Loop but does not terminate there. Its route uses the Wabash and Lake sides of the Loop, which are also used by the Orange, Pink, Purple and Brown Lines, which operate around the Loop and then return to their route terminal.

===South Side Elevated===
{{main|South Side Elevated}}
Leaving the Loop at Tower 12, the tracks continue along Wabash Avenue and follows an "S" curve (which was realigned in 2002) to the west and south now following the alley between Wabash Avenue and State Street to 40th Street. This 3.8 mile section is the oldest part of Chicago's "L" system. On this segment, the Green Line shares tracks with the [[Orange Line (CTA)|Orange Line]] between the Loop and 17th Street. Passengers can transfer between the two lines at [[Roosevelt station (CTA)|Roosevelt/Wabash station]].

The other stations on this section are at {{stn|Cermak–McCormick Place}} and {{stn|35th–Bronzeville–IIT}}, adjacent to the [[Illinois Institute of Technology]] campus and the [[Chicago Police Department]] Headquarters. At 40th Street, the route turns east to Indiana station, then turns south between Calumet and Prairie Avenues to the [[Garfield station (CTA Green Line)|Garfield]] station and continues south to 59th Street where the route splits into two branches—the Englewood (Ashland/63rd) branch and the Jackson Park (East 63rd) branch. Prior to 1994 (and the Green Line's major renovation) the East 63rd branch extended as far east as Stony Island Avenue. It was shortened to University in 1982 and Cottage Grove in 1996.

====Ashland branch====
{{main|Ashland branch}}
The Ashland branch continues south and west following 59th Street, Princeton Avenue and 63rd Street to the Ashland terminal in [[West Englewood, Chicago|West Englewood]]. The yard and inspection shop lie to the south between the old Racine station and the Ashland/63rd terminal. The "L" tracks continues west to a stub end at Hermitage Avenue, a prediction for a future extension of the route westward, however, those plans were canceled in the late 1970s. Prior to 1992, the Englewood branch had two additional stops at Wentworth and Harvard, closed by the CTA for service cuts. Halsted/63rd is the only remaining stop on the {{convert|3.1|mi|km}} route.

The '''Englewood branch''' was permanently renamed the Ashland branch as of March 2013 according to the CTA.

====East 63rd branch====
{{main|East 63rd branch}}
The East 63rd branch continues south from the mainline between Calumet and Prairie Avenues, passing the old yard and inspection facilities at 61st Street in [[Washington Park (community area), Chicago|Washington Park]]. South of here, the route curves east over 63rd Street and follows it to the current terminal at Cottage Grove/63rd in [[Woodlawn, Chicago|Woodlawn]]. Prior to 1994, the Jackson Park branch of the Green Line once terminated at [[University station (CTA)|University/63rd]] and before that, at [[Jackson Park station (CTA)|Stony Island/63rd]] from 1893 until 1982. In addition to losing the University/63rd station, the Jackson Park branch also lost the [[61st station|61st Street station]] and the [[58th station|58th Street station]] in 1994.

==Operating hours and headways==
The Green Line operates weekdays from 4&nbsp;a.m. to 1&nbsp;a.m., and Saturdays and Sundays from 5&nbsp;a.m. to 1&nbsp;a.m. Between Harlem/Lake and Garfield, trains run on a minimum headway of 12 minutes, decreasing to as few as 10 minutes during weekday rush hours. Headways are doubled on the branches to Ashland/63rd and Cottage Grove.<ref>{{cite web|title=Green Line Trains schedule|url=https://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/6/rail-tt_green.pdf|work=Chicago Transit Authority|publisher=transitchicago.com|access-date=20 June 2023}}</ref>

== Rolling stock ==
The Green Line is operated with the [[Bombardier Transportation|Bombardier]]-built [[5000-series (CTA)|5000-series]] railcars. The 5000-series cars officially began running on the Green Line on July 1, 2012, after the Pink Line became fully equipped with the new cars. As additional 5000-series cars were assigned to the Green Line, the remaining [[2400-series (CTA)|2400-series]] cars were reassigned to the [[Red Line (CTA)|Red]], [[Purple Line (CTA)|Purple]] and [[Orange Line (CTA)|Orange Lines]] to finish their service lives. Occasionally, [[2600-series (CTA)|2600-series]] and [[3200-series (CTA)|3200-series]] railcars were used on the Green Line, though these were loaned from the Blue, Brown, and Orange Lines, and only when the Green Line was short on cars.

With the 5000-series cars now completely equipping the Green Line fleet after the last of the 2400-series cars were reassigned in mid-May 2013, the borrowing of 2600-series cars and 3200-series cars is no longer necessary. The Green Line was the second line to be fully equipped with the 5000-series cars, following the [[Pink Line (CTA)|Pink Line]]. Frequently, the Green and Pink Lines borrow each other's cars when either line is short on cars. Trains operate using six cars full time as of 2020.

==History==
{{Unreferenced section|date=March 2024}}
[[File:CTA loop junction.jpg|thumb|[[Chicago Transit Authority]] [[signal tower]] 18 guides [[Chicago "L"]] trains, north and southbound [[Purple Line (CTA)|Purple]] and [[Brown Line (CTA)|Brown]] lines intersecting with east and westbound [[Pink Line (CTA)|Pink]] and Green lines and the [[Orange Line (CTA)|Orange Line]] above the [[Wells Street (Chicago)|Wells]] and [[Lake Street (Chicago)|Lake street]] [[intersection (road)|intersection]] in the [[The Loop (CTA)|Loop]].]]

The Green Line operates over the two oldest sections of the [[Chicago "L"]]. The South Side section started operation in 1892 when Chicago was preparing for the [[World's Columbian Exposition]] of 1893 in Jackson Park. The initial section was built to provide inexpensive mass transportation service between downtown Chicago and the exposition site. This first section of the [[South Side Elevated Railroad|Chicago and South Side Rapid Transit Railroad]] between Wabash Avenue and [[State Street (Chicago)|State Street]] went into service on June 6, 1892.<ref name="L open">{{cite news|title=Running on the "L."|date=June 7, 1892|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|page=9}}</ref> It extended from Congress Street only as far south as 39th Street (Pershing Road). At that time a large part of the south side was little more than prairie, but by May 1, 1893, when the pioneer "L" line was completed to Jackson Park, construction of homes, apartment buildings and commercial properties was booming in the area.

Continued expansion of the area development was reflected in construction of the [[Ashland branch|Englewood]], [[Normal Park branch|Normal Park]], [[Kenwood branch (CTA)|Kenwood]] and [[Stock Yards branch (CTA)|Stock Yards branch]]es of the South Side "L" between 1905 and 1908. Of these, only the Englewood and Jackson Park branches remain: because of insufficient patronage, the Normal Park, Stock Yards and Kenwood branches were closed in the 1950s.

[[Image:CTA Ashland 050716.jpg|thumb|View from [[Ashland station (CTA Green and Pink Lines)|Ashland station]] along the Lake Street section of the Green Line (2005)]]
[[File:Chicago 2005 marathon.jpg|thumb|Green Line elevated tracks crossing Franklin Street in the Loop (2005)]]
[[File:Chicago L diagram sb.svg|thumb|[[Chicago Transit Authority]] [[Chicago "L"]] route map]]

The [[Lake Street Elevated Railroad|Lake Street Elevated]] was Chicago's second rapid transit line. It began operation from a terminal at [[Madison Street (Chicago)|Madison]] and [[Wacker Drive|Market]] streets to Lake Street and California Avenue on November 6, 1893.<ref name="Lake open">{{cite news|title=Crowds on Lake Street "L."|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=November 7, 1893|page=8}}</ref> The line was gradually extended westward to Laramie Avenue on April 29, 1894; to Austin Avenue on April 15, 1899;<ref name="Lake to Austin">{{cite news|title=Austin Hails Five-Cent Fares|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=April 15, 1899|page=5}}</ref> to Wisconsin Avenue, [[Oak Park, Illinois|Oak Park]] using street railway trackage on May 15, 1899 (closed in 1902), and to Marengo Avenue, [[Forest Park, Illinois|Forest Park]], on May 14, 1910.

The construction of the Lake Street Elevated led to a political quarrel in west suburban [[Cicero, Illinois|Cicero]], which at the time included Oak Park and [[Austin, Chicago|Austin]]. In 1898, Austinites, having a majority on Cicero's town council, used political influence to allow the extension of the Lake Street line from the city border at Laramie Avenue (then called 52nd Avenue) into their community. This infuriated other Cicero residents, who retaliated the following year by holding a joint election to force Austin's annexation to the City of Chicago. Much to the dismay of local residents, this effort succeeded, and Austin became part of Chicago in 1899. A century later, Oak Park commuters, who had come to depend on the service, were among the most vocal critics of the Green Line's closure for rehabilitation.

From 1913 until 1993, the Englewood and Jackson Park branches were part of the [[Red Line (CTA)|North–South Route]] in various service configurations operating from the north side through the Loop and to the south side. On October 17, 1943, the Englewood and Jackson Park services were rerouted into the [[State Street subway]] to provide improved crosstown access through the heart of city and to alleviate congestion on the over-crowded Union Loop Elevated. On July 31, 1949, during the north–south rapid transit service revision by the CTA, the Howard–Englewood/Jackson Park route was created, operating via the State Street subway, using the 13th Street portal.

On May 6, 1969, the Englewood branch was extended to the current [[Ashland/63rd (CTA station)|Ashland Avenue-West Englewood]] Terminal, replacing the outmoded facilities at the 1907-built Loomis station which were demolished. On December 12, 1982, the Jackson Park branch was shortened to University because of structural deterioration at the Dorchester Bridge which carried the route across the [[Illinois Central Railroad]] to the former Stony Island/63rd terminal which closed on March 4, 1982, and was later demolished.

The Lake Street "L" would remain largely unchanged until 1948, when a number of its historic passenger stations were closed and demolished in an attempt to promote the "A" and "B" skip-stop express train service to speed up traffic flow. On October 28, 1962, the western two and one-half mile section of the line which operated at street level was elevated along the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad right-of-way opening new elevated stops at [[Central station (CTA Green Line)|Central]], [[Austin station (CTA Green Line)|Austin]], [[Ridgeland station|Ridgeland]], [[Oak Park station (CTA Green Line)|Oak Park]], and [[Harlem/Lake station|Harlem]].

In September 1969, the Lake Street "L" was united with the new Dan Ryan Line to form the [[Lake&ndash;Dan Ryan Line|West–South Route]] (Lake-Dan Ryan), operating from [[Forest Park, Illinois|Forest Park]] through downtown via the Union Loop "L" to {{stn|95th/Dan Ryan}}. The Lake–Dan Ryan routing was to fulfill the service implementation outlined in the 1968 [[Chicago Central Area Transit Plan]]. However, when that subway project was canceled in 1979, Lake–Dan Ryan service remained and lasted for 24 years.

In February 1993, the South Side sections of the North–South and West–South Routes were "switched" south of [[Roosevelt Road]], creating the current Red Line (Howard–Dan Ryan) and the Green Line (Lake–Englewood/Jackson Park). After the reconfiguration, both the Red and Green Lines lost their "A" and "B" skip-stop service and began serving all stations at all times. As stated earlier, the Green Line's routing united the two oldest segments of Chicago's "L"-Subway rail network.

In January 1994, the Green Line closed for the largest transit rehabilitation project in the city's history. The Green Line reopened on May 12, 1996, with much of the renewal work completed and with the exception of a few stations. Six stations (Homan, Halsted, 58th, 61st, University, and Racine) were closed permanently following the rehabilitation project, which angered many commuters who depend on the Green Line.

In September 1997, after political pressure brought on by community leaders, the Jackson Park branch was shortened again from University to Cottage Grove after previous attempts by the city, CTA, and other agencies to extend the route eastward to Dorchester, immediately west of the [[Illinois Central Railroad]]. This had seemed logical to the Dorchester Terminal, due to the fact that the [[Metra Electric District]] and [[South Shore Line]] both share a station along the IC [[Right of way|ROW]], at [[63rd Street station (Metra)|63rd Street]].

In April 1998, the Green Line, like the [[Purple Line (CTA)|Purple Line]] and the Douglas branch of the [[Blue Line (CTA)|Blue Line]] (now the [[Pink Line (CTA)|Pink Line]]) lost its 24-hour service due to budget cuts, and operates only between the hours of 4&nbsp;a.m. and 1&nbsp;a.m weekdays.

===Incidents===
On February 4, 1977, an accident occurred on the sharp left-hand curve at Wabash/Lake. Two trains were involved, one was the [[Brown Line (CTA)|Ravenswood Line]] with the second being the Lake-Dan Ryan Line. The Ravenswood train was stopped waiting for the clearance to proceed. The motorman of the Lake-Dan Ryan train failed to see the signals warning him of a stopped train. What occurred was a rear-end collision, the initial collision was only minor. However the motorman continued to apply power forward; which led to three cars being pushed off the elevated tracks to the street below. The fourth car was dangling while still attached to the other four cars on the track. Eleven deaths were reported with more than 180 injuries.<ref>{{Cite book|title = CTA at 45|last1 = Krambles|first1 = George|publisher = Published for the George Krambles Transit Scholarship Foundation|year = 1993|isbn = 9780963796547|location = Oak Park, IL, U.S.A|pages = 116|last2 = Peterson|first2 = Arthur H.}}</ref>

On May 28, 2008, a derailment was reported, with approximately 24 injuries. Two train cars on the four-car train appeared to be derailed, with the leading car abutting the one behind it at an angle of approximately 150 degrees. The train cars were separated at a switching point near 59th Street.<ref>{{Cite web |last=National Transportation Safety Board |date=May 28, 2008 |title=Railroad Accident Brief, Accident No.: DCA-08-FR-006 |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/RAB1102.pdf}}</ref>

On August 5, 2015, a derailment was reported near 63rd and Calumet in Chicago's Washington Park neighborhood. The train derailed around 2:40&nbsp;p.m., the third of the four-car train was the one to derail. No one was injured, firefighters had to help over 80 passengers off the train; two of which were in wheelchairs. Service was suspended between the Cottage Grove and Garfield stops. Service was back to normal in the affected stops around 7:15&nbsp;p.m.<ref>{{Cite web|title = CTA Green Line train derails at 63rd, Calumet|url = http://abc7chicago.com/traffic/cta-green-line-train-derails-at-63rd-calumet/904999/|website = ABC7 Chicago|access-date = 2015-08-05}}</ref>

On June 6, 2019, a Green Line train derailed near the 47th station, injuring seven people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/6/18655395/green-line-train-derails-bronzeville-47th|title = Full service restored on Green Line after derailment injures 7 on South Side|date = 6 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/green-line-cta-chicago-transit-authority-510917481.html|title=7 Hurt, 30 Passengers Rescued in Derailment on CTA's Green Line: CFD}}</ref>

==Green Line expansion==
During the 2010s, the Green Line has undergone significant expansion in an attempt to attract more transit riders and improve upon its service connectivity on the West Side, Loop, and South Side communities. The [[Morgan station|Morgan/Lake station]] opened in May 2012 in response to the growing Fulton Market and West Loop areas. It was followed by the opening of the new [[Cermak–McCormick Place station]] in February 2015, serving the historic [[Motor Row District]] and [[McCormick Place|McCormick Place Convention Center]]. Both stations were designed by Chicago-based [[Ross Barney Architects]].

The [[Garfield station (CTA Green Line)|Garfield station's]] $43&nbsp;million reconstruction project, completed in January 2019, restored its original 1892-built station house and improved the in-service station house. It included escalator and elevator enhancements and new platform canopies, lights, graphics, public artwork, and streetscape. The project created a new "Garfield Gateway" station in the [[Washington Park (community area), Chicago|Washington Park]] neighborhood on the South Side.

A station on the Lake Street "L" at [[Damen station (CTA Green Line)|Damen/Lake]] opened on August 5, 2024,<ref>{{cite news |title=New Damen Station on CTA Green Line opening Monday |url=https://abc7chicago.com/post/cta-green-line-damen-train-station-opens-monday-weeks-ahead-dnc-united-center-chicago/15145575/ |access-date=5 August 2024 |work=ABC7 Chicago |date=5 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref> replacing a former station at that site from 1893 to 1948. Designed by world-renowned architectural firm [[Perkins&Will]], who also designed the [[Cumberland station (CTA)|Cumberland station]] on the [[Blue Line (CTA)|O'Hare Extension]] in 1980, the new $60&nbsp;million Damen station filled what was a {{convert|1.5|mi|km|adj=on}} gap between the [[California station (CTA Green Line)|California]] and [[Ashland station (CTA Green and Pink Lines)|Ashland]] stations.

Along the Green Line South, the former [[58th station]], which was located approximately 3/8 miles (600 meters) south of the Garfield station and one-block north of the Jackson Park and Englewood branches split, had been bereft of a transfer facility between the diverging Green Line services since 1994. The branch lines themselves consists of two stations each ([[Halsted station (CTA Green Line)|Halsted]] and [[Ashland/63rd station|Ashland/63rd]] on the Englewood branch; {{stn|King Drive}} and {{stn|Cottage Grove}} on the Jackson Park Branch).

While no official plans have been developed, the possibility of extending the tracks once again and reconstructing a new Stony Island/63rd terminal station (which was the former terminus of this eastern branch) to serve the upcoming [[Barack Obama Presidential Center]] would be very advantageous. Passenger traffic on this CTA line, as well as all CTA lines, has been steadily increasing for decades, and more expansion on the historic CTA Green Line could continue this growth.

==Station listing==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
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!Location
! Station
! Connections/Notes
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|[[Oak Park, Illinois|Oak Park]]/<br />[[Forest Park, Illinois|Forest Park]]
|{{cta|Harlem/Lake}} {{Access icon}}
|{{rint|chicago|metra}} [[Metra|Metra trains]]: {{rcb|Metra|upw|inline=square}} <small>(at [[Oak Park station (Metra)|Oak Park]])</small><br />{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA buses]]: 90<br />{{rint|bus|1}} [[Pace (transit)|Pace buses]]: 307, 309, 313, 318
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Oak Park, Illinois|Oak Park]]
|{{cta|Oak Park|Green}}
|{{rint|bus|1}} [[Pace (transit)|Pace buses]]: 309, 311, 313
|-
|{{cta|Ridgeland}}
|{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA buses]]: 86<br />{{rint|bus|1}} [[Pace (transit)|Pace buses]]: 309, 313, 314
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Austin, Chicago|Austin]]
|{{cta|Austin|Green}}
|{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA buses]]: 91<br />{{rint|bus|1}} [[Pace (transit)|Pace buses]]: 309, 313, 315
|-
|{{cta|Central|Green}} {{Access icon}}
|{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA buses]]: 85
|-
|{{cta|Laramie|Green}} {{Access icon}}
|{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA buses]]: 57
|-
|{{cta|Cicero|Green}} {{Access icon}}
|{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA buses]]: 54<br />{{rint|bus|1}} [[Pace (transit)|Pace buses]]: 392
|-
|[[West Garfield Park, Chicago|West Garfield Park]]
|{{cta|Pulaski|Green}} {{Access icon}}
|{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA buses]]: 53
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[East Garfield Park, Chicago|East Garfield Park]]
|{{cta|Conservatory–Central Park Drive}} {{Access icon}}
|
|-
|style="background-color: #bbb"|{{cta|Homan|Green}}
|style="background-color: #bbb"|Closed January 9, 1994; demolished; replaced by Conservatory–Central Park Drive
|-
|{{cta|Kedzie|Green}} {{Access icon}}
|{{rint|chicago|metra}} [[Metra|Metra trains]]: {{rcb|Metra|upw|inline=square}} <small>(at {{stl|Metra|Kedzie}})</small><br />{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA buses]]: 52
|-
|{{cta|California|Green}} {{Access icon}}
|{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA buses]]: 94
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[Near West Side, Chicago|Near West Side]]
|{{cta|Damen|Green}} {{access icon}}
|{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA buses]]: 50
|-
|{{cta|Ashland|Green}} {{Access icon}}
|{{rint|metro}} [[Chicago Transit Authority|CTA]] [[Chicago "L"|'L' trains]]: {{rcb|CTA|Pink|inline=route}}<br />{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA buses]]: 9, X9
|-
|{{cta|Morgan}} {{access icon}}
|
|-
|style="background-color: #bbb"|{{cta|Halsted|Green|Lake}}
|style="background-color: #bbb"|Closed January 9, 1994; demolished
|-
|{{cta|Clinton|Green}} {{Access icon}}
|{{rint|metro}} [[Chicago Transit Authority|CTA]] [[Chicago "L"|'L' trains]]: {{rcb|CTA|Pink|inline=route}}<br />{{rint|chicago|metra}} [[Metra|Metra trains]]: {{rcb|Metra|upn|inline=square}}, {{rcb|Metra|upnw|inline=square}}, {{rcb|Metra|upw|inline=square}} <small>(at [[Ogilvie Transportation Center|Ogilvie]])</small><br />{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA buses]]: J14, 56, 125
|-
| rowspan="6" |[[Chicago Loop|The Loop]]
|{{cta|Clark/Lake}} {{Access icon}}
|{{rint|metro}} [[Chicago Transit Authority|CTA]] [[Chicago "L"|'L' trains]]: {{rcb|CTA|Orange|inline=route}} {{rcb|CTA|Blue|inline=route}} {{rcb|CTA|Pink|inline=route}} {{rcb|CTA|Purple|inline=route}} {{rcb|CTA|Brown|inline=route}}<br />{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA buses]]: 22, 24, 134, 135, 136, 156
|-
|{{cta|State/Lake}}
|{{rint|metro}} [[Chicago Transit Authority|CTA]] [[Chicago "L"|'L' trains]]: {{rcb|CTA|Red|inline=route}} <small>(at {{cta|Lake|Red}})</small><br />{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA buses]]: 2, 6, 10, 29, 36, 62, 146
|-
|style="background-color: #bbb"|{{cta|Randolph/Wabash}}
|style="background-color: #bbb"|Closed September 3, 2017; demolished and replaced by Washington/Wabash
|-
|{{cta|Washington/Wabash}} {{Access icon}}
|{{rint|chicago|metra}} [[Metra|Metra trains]]: {{rcb|Metra|me|inline=square}} <small>(at [[Millennium Station]])</small><br />{{rint|nictd}} [[South Shore Line]] <small>(at [[Millennium Station]])</small><br />{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA buses]]: J14, 20, 56, 60, 124, 147, 151, 157
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|style="background-color: #bbb"|[[Madison/Wabash station|Madison/Wabash]]
|style="background-color: #bbb"|Closed March 16, 2015; demolished and replaced by Washington/Wabash
|-
|{{cta|Adams/Wabash}}
|{{rint|metro}} [[Chicago Transit Authority|CTA]] [[Chicago "L"|'L' trains]]: {{rcb|CTA|Orange|inline=route}} {{rcb|CTA|Pink|inline=route}} {{rcb|CTA|Purple|inline=route}} {{rcb|CTA|Brown|inline=route}}<br />{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA buses]]: 1, 7, 28, 126, 151
|-
|[[Near South Side, Chicago|Near South Side]]
|{{cta|Roosevelt}} {{Access icon}}
|{{rint|metro}} [[Chicago Transit Authority|CTA]] [[Chicago "L"|'L' trains]]: {{rcb|CTA|Red|inline=route}} {{rcb|CTA|Orange|inline=route}}<br />{{rint|chicago|metra}} [[Metra|Metra trains]]: {{rcb|Metra|me|inline=square}} <small>(at [[Museum Campus/11th Street station|Museum Campus/11th Street]])</small><br />{{rint|nictd}} [[South Shore Line]] <small>(at [[Museum Campus/11th Street station|Museum Campus/11th Street]])</small><br />{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA buses]]: 12, 18, 29, 62, 130, 146, 192
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|[[Near South Side, Chicago|Near South Side]]
|{{cta|Cermak–McCormick Place}} {{Access icon}}
|{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA buses]]: 21
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|[[Douglas, Chicago|Douglas]]
|{{cta|35th–Bronzeville–IIT}} {{Access icon}}
|{{rint|chicago|metra}} [[Metra|Metra trains]]: {{rcb|Metra|ri|inline=square}} <small>(at {{stl|Metra|35th Street}})</small><br />{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA buses]]: 29, 31, 35
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| rowspan="3" |[[Grand Boulevard, Chicago|Grand Boulevard]]
|{{cta|Indiana}} {{Access icon}}
|{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA buses]]: 39
|-
|{{cta|43rd}} {{Access icon}}
|{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA buses]]: 43
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|{{cta|47th|Green}} {{Access icon}}
|{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA buses]]: 47
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|[[Grand Boulevard, Chicago|Grand Boulevard]]/<br />[[Washington Park (community area), Chicago|Washington Park]]
|{{cta|51st}} {{Access icon}}
|{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA buses]]: 15
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| rowspan="2" |[[Washington Park (community area), Chicago|Washington Park]]
|{{cta|Garfield|Green}} {{Access icon}} {{rint|park}}
|Transfer between Ashland/63rd and Cottage Grove-bound trains. <br>{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA buses]]: 55
|-
|style="background-color: #bbb"|{{cta|58th}}
|style="background-color: #bbb"|Closed January 9, 1994; demolished
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!colspan=3|Englewood branch
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|rowspan=2 | [[Englewood, Chicago|Englewood]]
|{{cta|Halsted|Green}} {{Access icon}}
|{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA buses]]: 8, 63
|-
|style="background-color: #bbb"|{{cta|Racine|Green}}
|style="background-color: #bbb"|Closed January 9, 1994
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|[[West Englewood, Chicago|West Englewood]]
|{{cta|Ashland/63rd}} {{Access icon}} {{rint|park}}
|{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA buses]]: 9, X9, 63
|-
!colspan=3|Jackson Park branch
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|[[Washington Park (community area), Chicago|Washington Park]]
|style="background-color: #bbb"|{{cta|61st}}
|style="background-color: #bbb"|Closed January 9, 1994; demolished
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|[[Woodlawn, Chicago|Woodlawn]] 
|{{cta|King Drive}} {{Access icon}}
|Inbound boarding only.{{pb}}{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA buses]]: 3, 63
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| rowspan="3" |[[Woodlawn, Chicago|Woodlawn]]
|{{cta|Cottage Grove}} {{Access icon}}
|{{rint|bus|1}} [[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA buses]]: 4, X4, 63
|-
|style="background-color: #bbb"|{{cta|University}}
|style="background-color: #bbb"|Closed January 9, 1994; demolished
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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{{commons}}
* [https://www.transitchicago.com/greenline/ Green Line] at [https://www.transitchicago.com/ CTA official site]

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