95th/Dan Ryan station

95th/Dan Ryan

95th/Dan Ryan station in April 2009
Location 15 West 95th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60620
Coordinates 41°43′21″N 87°37′28″W / 41.722596°N 87.624391°W / 41.722596; -87.624391
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)
  Red Line
Platforms 1 Island platform
Tracks 2
Connections

CTA Buses
Pace Buses

Greyhound Bus
Construction
Structure type Surface Level
Bicycle facilities Yes
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened September 28, 1969
Rebuilt 2000–01 (elevator added, minor renovations), 2003 (bus terminal renovations), 2014–18 (terminal reconstruction)
Previous names 95th, 95th/State (Station Sign)
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 3,669,599[1] Increase 83.8%
Rank 8 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station
toward Howard
Red LineTerminus
Route map
Legend

Red Line
north to Howard

Bus lane
95th St.

95th/Dan Ryan (or simply 95th) is a rapid transit station on the Chicago 'L' system in the median of the Dan Ryan Expressway and serving Chicago's Roseland neighborhood. Currently, it serves as the southern terminus of the Chicago Transit Authority's Red Line. This station was the system's eighth busiest in 2009.[1] Trains take approximately 30 minutes to travel to the Loop, and 60 minutes to reach Howard.[2]

It is the only CTA rail terminal located in an expressway (except for UIC-Halsted, which is the terminal for a few Blue Line trains), and also one of the only terminals with no park-and-ride lot. Like Howard, this station has a bus terminal and connects to Pace and CTA buses, but unlike Howard, it also connects to Greyhound buses.

History

Ironically, though the station is called 95th/Dan Ryan, no CTA announcement says it that way. Before the CTA changed the name of 95th/Dan Ryan to simply 95th, the destination signs, the station signs, and other signs labeled it as 95/Dan Ryan. This is possibly because of the old CTA maps labeling it as "95".

Ridership

Approximately 50,000 people go through the terminal every day. Many commuters from the far south side or south suburbs connect to 95th Street via the CTA and/or Pace bus systems. 95th/Dan Ryan is the southernmost stop in the CTA system. In 2006, Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. announced plans to extend Red Line service further south. Proposed new stations would include 103rd street, 111th Street, 115th Street and will end at 130th Street.[3]

The station also serves as the Greyhound bus "Chicago 95th & Dan Ryan, Illinois" station.[4]

95th Street Terminal Reconstruction project

After the Red Line South Reconstruction project is completed in October 2013, The CTA is planning to do a reconstruction project that will cost $240 million, and will expand, improve and rebuild the entire 95th Street terminal; the terminal station will remain open during the project, and the project began on September 22, 2014 and will continue through 2017.[5] The passenger terminal work of the project will begin in spring 2016, with the South Terminal opening in 2017 and the North Terminal opening in 2018.[6]

Bus connections

95th/Dan Ryan CTA Bus Terminal Map
The bus terminal in December 2003

CTA

Pace

Greyhound Bus Lines

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. 1 2 "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2014" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority Ridership Analysis and Reporting. March 5, 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Red Line Trains" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority.
  3. ↑ "CTA Red Line Extension". Chicago Transit Authority. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Greyhound.com Locations: Chicago 95th & Dan Ryan, Illinois". Greyhound. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
  5. ↑ http://www.transitchicago.com/news/default.aspx?Month=&Year=&Category=2&ArticleId=3345
  6. ↑ http://www.transitchicago.com/news/default.aspx?Month=&Year=&Category=2&ArticleId=3469

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