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47th station (CTA Red Line)

Chicago "L" station

Field	Value
custom_header
image	Platform at 47th (Red), looking north.jpg
address	220 West 47th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60609
coordinates
name	47th
style	CTA
line	Dan Ryan Branch
other	CTA bus
platform	1 Island platform
structure	Expressway median
tracks	2
parking	No
bicycle	Yes
opened	September 26, 1969 (formal opening)
September 28, 1969 (full service)
rebuilt	2005–06 (renovation)
2013 (refurbished)
accessible	Yes
owned	Chicago Transit Authority
former	47th/Wentworth (station sign)
pass_year	2024
passengers	465,526
pass_percent	5.3
pass_rank
services
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	15
mapframe-marker-color	#c60c30
mapframe-marker	rail-metro
map_state	collapsed
route_map	{{Routemap	legend=track	inline=1	map=
RP4!~POINTERg@fq\uPSTR(L)\uPSTR(R)\RP4!~POINTERg@fq~~ ~~ ~~{{jctrdt	state	IL	I	90	I	94}} (Dan Ryan Expy.)

Chicago, Illinois 60609 September 28, 1969 (full service) 2013 (refurbished) | mapframe-zoom = 15 | mapframe-marker-color = #c60c30 | mapframe-marker = rail-metro RP4!~MFADEg\uSTR!~MFADEg\uSTR!~MFADEg\RP4!~MFADEg RP4\uSTRf\uSTRg!~POINTERf@gq\RP4~~ ~~ ~~ *north to * RP4!~POINTERg@fq\uPSTR(L)\uPSTR(R)\RP4!~POINTERg@fq~~ ~~ ~~ (Dan Ryan Expy.) RP4\uPSTR(L)\uPSTR(R)\RP4 RP4\uPSTR(L)\uPSTR(R)\RP4 RP4uhRP4\uSKRZ-G4h\uSKRZ-G4h\RP4uhRP4~~47th St. RP4\uSTRf!~POINTERg@fq\uSTRg\RP4~~ ~~ ~~ *south to * RP4!~MFADEf\uSTR!~MFADEf\uSTR!~MFADEf\RP4!~MFADEf 47th is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Red Line. The station is located in the median of the Dan Ryan Expressway in the Fuller Park neighborhood. Access to the station is available from a staircase at the middle of the north side of the 47th Street overpass, where an open canopy crosswalk with traffic signals leads to a bus stop on the south side of the overpass.

47th closed from May 19, 2013 to October 20, 2013, as part of the Red Line Reconstruction Project.

History

2005–2006 renovations

On December 12, 2006, an elevator was put in service at the 47th station, making the station accessible to people with disabilities. Sixteen days later, on the 28th, escalators began service in the station as well. The glass canopy above the crosswalk outside of 47th station was improved to include images of the Stock Yards 'L' line that operated over a decade before the Red Line.

Bus connections

CTA

Jeffery Local
Wentworth (weekdays only)
43rd
47th
51st

References

(September 25, 1969). "New 'L' Route to Open With a Free Ride". [[The Chicago Tribune]].
(September 27, 1969). "Dedicate Ryan's CTA". [[The Daily Calumet]].
(January 22, 2025). "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2024". [[Chicago Transit Authority]].
"CTA Red Line South Reconstruction Project".
"Chicago ''L''.org: Stations - 47th/Wentworth".

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