47th station (CTA Red Line)

47th

The station in 2007
Location 220 West 47th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60609
Coordinates 41°48′37″N 87°37′51″W / 41.810318°N 87.63094°W / 41.810318; -87.63094
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 200506 (renovation), 2013 (refurbished)
Previous names 47th/Wentworth (Station Sign)
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 1,038,641[1]Increase 97.5%
Rank 72 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station
toward Howard
Red Line
Route map
Legend

Red Line
north to Howard

47th St.

Red Line
south to 95th/Dan Ryan

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 from the middle of the north side of the overpass, where an open canopy crosswalk with traffic signals leads to a bus stop on the south side.

47th was closed from May 19 to October 20, 2013 as part of the Red Line Reconstruction Project.[2]

Bus connections

CTA

Notes and references

Notes

  1. Due to possible double-counting of physically-connected stations, the CTA's official 2014 tally of stations was 145, but for ridership purposes reported having only 143 stations.

References

  1. "Monthly Ridership Report December 2014" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority Ridership Analysis and Reporting. March 5, 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
  2. http://www.transitchicago.com/dr-track/

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