47th station (CTA Green Line)

47th

4700S
300E

Location

314 East 47th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60653

Coordinates

41°48′34″N 87°37′09″W / 41.80940°N 87.61909°W

Owned by

Chicago Transit Authority

Line(s)

Green Line

Red Line

Platforms

2 Side platforms

Tracks

2 tracks

Connections

CTA bus

Construction

Structure type

Elevated

Bicycle facilities

Yes

Disabled access

Yes

History

Opened

August 15, 1892^[1]

Rebuilt

1982, 1996

Traffic

Passengers (2015)

442,804^[2]

3.6%

Rank

117 out of 143^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Services

Preceding station		Chicago "L"		Following station
43rd toward Harlem/Lake		Green Line South Side Elevated		51st toward Ashland/63rd or Cottage Grove
43rd toward Howard		Red Line Rush period special		51st toward Ashland/63rd

Route map

Green Line

north to Harlem/Lake

47th St.

Green Line

south to Ashland/63rd and Cottage Grove

47th is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, located in the Grand Boulevard community area of Chicago, Illinois and serving the Green Line. It is situated at 314 E 47th Street, three blocks east of State Street. It opened on August 15, 1892.

Bus connections

CTA

47 47th

The station in 1973

Notes and references

Notes

↑ Due to possible double-counting of physically-connected stations, the CTA's official 2015 tally of stations was 146, but for ridership purposes reported having only 143 stations.

References

↑ "More for a Nickel". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 16, 1892. p. 1.
↑ "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2015" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 11, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2016.

External links

47th Street (Englewood/Jackson Park Line) Station Page at Chicago-L.org
47th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

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