63rd (CTA station)

63rd
Location 220 West 63rd Street
Chicago, Illinois 60621
Coordinates 41°46′50″N 87°37′51″W / 41.780536°N 87.630952°W
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)
Platforms 1 Island platform
Tracks 2
Connections CTA bus
Construction
Structure type Surface Level
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened September 28, 1969
Rebuilt 2005–06 (renovation), 2013 (refurbished, new elevator installed)
Previous names 63rd/Wentworth (Station Sign)
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 1,127,593[1] Increase 95.6%
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station
toward Howard
Red Line
Route map
Legend

Red Line
north to Howard
63rd St.

Red Line
south to 95th/Dan Ryan

63rd 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 and serves the Englewood neighborhood. It is near the Englewood Union Station, formerly serving the Pennsylvania Railroad, New York Central, and Rock Island Lines. The former Pennsylvania Railroad tracks (now NS owned) pass over the station.

History

Structure

Like the eight other stations of the Dan Ryan Branch, 63rd was built by the cabinet of architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill under a simple design. The station opened on September 28, 1969, before being entirely renovated from 2005 to 2006.

2013 renovation

In 2013, the station was renovated with a new elevator installed (along with Garfield and 87th) as part of the Red Line South Reconstruction project and made all the stations on the Dan Ryan branch accessible.[2]

Bus connections

CTA

References

  1. ↑ http://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/ridership_reports/2014-12.pdf
  2. ↑ "CTA Red Line Dan Ryan Track Renewal". Chicago Transit Authority. transitchicago.com. Retrieved October 24, 2012.

External links

Media related to 63rd (CTA Red Line) at Wikimedia Commons