87th station
87th | |||||||||||
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 The station in 2009 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 Island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | CTA bus | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Surface Level | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | September 28, 1969 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2005–06 (renovation), 2013 (refurbished, new elevator installed) | ||||||||||
| Previous names | 87th/State (Station Sign) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2012 | 1,506,362[1]  95.5% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 47 out of 143[a] | ||||||||||
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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
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
- #29 State
- #87 87th (Owl Service)
Notes and references
Notes
- ^ 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
- ^ "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2014" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority Ridership Analysis and Reporting. March 5, 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "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
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