Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren station

E118621

Chicago "L" station railway station in the United States rapid transit station

Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren station is a Chicago 'L' rapid transit stop in the Loop, serving multiple CTA lines and located adjacent to the Harold Washington Library Center.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren station canonical	14
Harold Washington Library-State/Van Buren station	1
Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren station area	1
Library-State/Van Buren (Loop Elevated)	1
Pink Line at Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren via pedway	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T818543 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren station
Context triple: [Orange Line (CTA), hasStation, Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren station]

A. UIC–Halsted station
UIC–Halsted station is a Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit stop on the Blue Line serving the University of Illinois at Chicago campus and the Near West Side neighborhood.
B. Haymarket Metro station
Haymarket Metro station is a key underground station on the Tyne and Wear Metro network serving central Newcastle upon Tyne.
C. LaSalle/Van Buren station
LaSalle/Van Buren station is a Chicago 'L' rapid transit stop in the Loop that serves multiple lines and connects to the nearby LaSalle Street commuter rail station.
D. Illinois Medical District station
Illinois Medical District station is a Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit stop on the Blue Line serving the Illinois Medical District and nearby West Side institutions.
E. Cermak–McCormick Place station
Cermak–McCormick Place station is a Chicago 'L' rapid transit stop on the Near South Side that provides access to the McCormick Place convention center and surrounding neighborhood.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren station
Target entity description: Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren station is a Chicago 'L' rapid transit stop in the Loop, serving multiple CTA lines and located adjacent to the Harold Washington Library Center.

A. UIC–Halsted station
UIC–Halsted station is a Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit stop on the Blue Line serving the University of Illinois at Chicago campus and the Near West Side neighborhood.
B. Haymarket Metro station
Haymarket Metro station is a key underground station on the Tyne and Wear Metro network serving central Newcastle upon Tyne.
C. LaSalle/Van Buren station
LaSalle/Van Buren station is a Chicago 'L' rapid transit stop in the Loop that serves multiple lines and connects to the nearby LaSalle Street commuter rail station.
D. Illinois Medical District station
Illinois Medical District station is a Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit stop on the Blue Line serving the Illinois Medical District and nearby West Side institutions.
E. Cermak–McCormick Place station
Cermak–McCormick Place station is a Chicago 'L' rapid transit stop on the Near South Side that provides access to the McCormick Place convention center and surrounding neighborhood.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chicago "L" station ⓘ railway station in the United States ⓘ rapid transit station ⓘ
accessible	wheelchair accessible ⓘ
adjacentTo	Harold Washington Library Center ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
electrification	third rail ⓘ
fareGatesLocation	station mezzanine ⓘ
fareSystem	Ventra ⓘ
hasAccessibility	yes ⓘ
hasCanopy	yes ⓘ
hasConnection	CTA bus services ⓘ
hasElevator	yes ⓘ
hasEscalator	yes ⓘ
hasLighting	platform lighting ⓘ
hasSignage	CTA standard signage ⓘ
hasStairs	yes ⓘ
locatedAtIntersection	State Street and Van Buren Street ⓘ
locatedIn	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago, Illinois Illinois ⓘ Loop (Chicago) ⓘ surface form: Loop, Chicago United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedOn	Loop elevated ⓘ surface form: Loop Elevated
mapFeature	Loop elevated structure ⓘ
namedAfter	Harold Washington Library Center ⓘ
nearbyLandmark	Harold Washington Library Center ⓘ Printers Row ⓘ surface form: Printers Row neighborhood
numberOfPlatforms	1 ⓘ
numberOfTracks	2 ⓘ
openingDate	1997 ⓘ
operator	Chicago Transit Authority ⓘ
partOf	CTA rail network ⓘ surface form: Chicago Transit Authority rail system
platformType	island platform ⓘ
railGauge	standard gauge ⓘ
safetyFeatures	CCTV surveillance ⓘ public address system ⓘ
servesArea	Chicago Loop ⓘ surface form: Chicago Loop business district
servesLine	Brown Line ⓘ Orange Line ⓘ Pink Line ⓘ Purple Line Express ⓘ
structureType	elevated station ⓘ
system	Chicago "L" ⓘ
ticketingSystem	automated fare collection ⓘ
zone	CTA single-fare zone ⓘ

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Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Orange Line → hasStation → Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren station ⓘ

subject surface form: Orange Line (CTA)

Harold Washington Library Center → hasPublicTransitConnection → Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren station ⓘ

Jackson station → connectedByPedestrianTunnelTo → Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren station ⓘ

subject surface form: Jackson station (CTA Red Line)

Jackson station → connectedByPedestrianTunnelTo → Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren station ⓘ

subject surface form: Jackson station (CTA Blue Line)

CTA Orange Line → hasStation → Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren station ⓘ

this entity surface form: Harold Washington Library-State/Van Buren station

Adams/Wabash station → adjacentStationOnBrownLine → Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren station ⓘ

Adams/Wabash station → adjacentStationOnGreenLine → Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren station ⓘ

Adams/Wabash station → adjacentStationOnOrangeLine → Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren station ⓘ

Adams/Wabash station → adjacentStationOnPinkLine → Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren station ⓘ

Adams/Wabash station → adjacentStationOnPurpleLineExpress → Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren station ⓘ

Jackson station (Blue Line) → hasTransferTo → Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren station ⓘ

Brown Line → hasStation → Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren station ⓘ

Loop elevated → hasStation → Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren station ⓘ

South Dearborn Street → hasPublicTransitAccess → Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren station ⓘ

Jackson (CTA Red Line station) → hasTransferTo → Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren station ⓘ

this entity surface form: Library-State/Van Buren (Loop Elevated)

Red Line at Jackson → providesTransferTo → Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren station ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pink Line at Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren via pedway

Inner Loop → hasStationArea → Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren station ⓘ

this entity surface form: Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren station area

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Referenced by (18)

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