Four O'Clock Factoid: 'State' of the Art

Four O'Clock Factoid is a daily feature on Track Twenty-Nine helping to get you through the workday with a bit of useless knowledge.

The State Street Subway in Chicago is home to the world's longest subway station. The island platform actually stretches continuously through four stations: Lake, Washington, Monroe, and Jackson. The platform is 3,500 feet in length. While labeled as four separate stations, it is essentially one long station with four stopping points.