87th station

87th
The station in 2009
Location	15 West 87th Street Chicago, Illinois 60620
Coordinates	41°44′07″N 87°37′29″W / 41.735372°N 87.624717°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, new elevator installed)
Previous names	87th/State (Station Sign)
Traffic
Passengers (2012)	1,506,362[1]  95.5%
Rank	47 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station 79th toward Howard Red Line 95th/Dan Ryan Terminus
Route map Legend Red Line north to Howard 87th St. Red Line south to 95th/Dan Ryan

87th 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 Chatham neighborhood. There are two entrances to the station, one on the south side of the 87th Street overpass which served as the only entrance from 1969 until 2006 and one on the north side of the overpass which was opened as part of the Dan Ryan Red Line Rehabilitation Project.

History

2013 renovation

The station in 2013

In 2013, the station was renovated with a new elevator installed (along with Garfield and 63rd) as part of the Red Line South Reconstruction project and made all the stations on the Dan Ryan branch accessible.^[2]

Bus connections

CTA

• #29 State
• #87 87th (Owl Service)

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. "CTA Red Line Dan Ryan Track Renewal". Chicago Transit Authority. transitchicago.com. Retrieved October 24, 2012.

External links

• 87th/Dan Ryan Station Page at CTA official site
• 87th/Dan Ryan Station Page at Chicago-L.org
• 87th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View