79th station

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79th

7900S
0E/0W
79th 7900S; 0E/0W
General information
Location	15 West 79th Street; Chicago, Illinois 60620
Coordinates	41°45′02″N 87°37′30″W / 41.750419°N 87.625112°W
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line	Dan Ryan Branch
Platforms	1 Island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	CTA bus
Construction
Structure type	Expressway median
Parking	No
Cycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	September 26, 1969 (formal opening); September 28, 1969 (full service)
Rebuilt	1977–80 (new entrance, elevator added); 2005–06 (renovation); 2013 (refurbished)
Previous names	79th/State (station sign)
Passengers
2025	1,240,344 21.9%
Services
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79th is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Dan Ryan branch of the Red Line. The station is located in the median of the Dan Ryan Expressway. It was the first station on the Dan Ryan branch to feature an elevator for accessibility. The station's location is between the Greater Grand Crossing and Chatham neighborhoods.

79th closed from May 19, 2013, to October 20, 2013, for the Red Line South Reconstruction Project.^[4]

Bus connections

CTA

↑ Buck, Thomas (September 25, 1969). "New 'L' Route to Open With a Free Ride". The Chicago Tribune. p. 1. Retrieved December 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ Cleaveland, Robert (September 27, 1969). "Dedicate Ryan's CTA". The Daily Calumet. Chicago, Illinois. p. 1. Retrieved December 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2025" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
↑ "Red Line South Reconstruction Project". TransitChicago.com. Archived from the original on April 30, 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2015.