79th station
Chicago "L" station
41°45′02″N 87°37′30″W / 41.750419°N 87.625112°W / 41.750419; -87.6251122005–06 (renovation)
2013 (refurbished)
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69th toward Howard | Red Line | 87th toward 95th/Dan Ryan |
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79th is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Dan Ryan branch of the Red Line. The station is located in the median of the Dan Ryan Expressway. It was the first station on the Dan Ryan branch to feature an elevator for accessibility. The station's location is between the Greater Grand Crossing and Chatham neighborhoods.
79th closed from May 19, 2013, to October 20, 2013, for the Red Line South Reconstruction Project.[2]
Bus connections
- 8A South Halsted
- 24 Wentworth (Weekdays only)
- 29 State
- 75 74th/75th
- 79 79th (Owl Service)
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 79th (CTA).
- Train schedule (PDF) at CTA official site
- 79th Station Page at Chicago-L.org
- 79th Station Page CTA official site
- 79th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
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Current Chicago "L" stations
- Howard
- Jarvis
- Morse
- Loyola
- Granville
- Thorndale
- Bryn Mawr
- Berwyn
- Argyle
- Lawrence
- Wilson
- Sheridan
- Addison
- Belmont
- Fullerton
- North/Clybourn
- Clark/Division
- Chicago
- Grand
- Lake
- Monroe
- Jackson
- Harrison
- Roosevelt
- Cermak–Chinatown
- Sox–35th
- 47th
- Garfield
- 63rd
- 69th
- 79th
- 87th
- 95th/Dan Ryan