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
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Red Line
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)
Previous names	47th/Wentworth (Station Sign)
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	1,038,641[1]  97.5%
Rank	72 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station Sox–35th toward Howard Red Line Garfield toward 95th/Dan Ryan
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

• #15 Jeffery Local
• #24 Wentworth
• #47 47th Street
• #51 51st Street
• #43 43rd Street

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/

External links

• Train schedule (PDF) at CTA official site
• 47th/Dan Ryan Station Page at Chicago-L.org
• 47th/Dan Ryan Station Page CTA official site
• 47th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View