79th station

	File:79th cta red line.jpg
Location	15 West 79th Street; Chicago, Illinois 60620
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Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
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Platforms	1 Island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	CTA bus
Construction
Structure type	Surface Level
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	September 28, 1969
Rebuilt	1977–80 (new entrance, elevator added), 2005–06 (renovation), 2013 (refurbished)
Previous names	79th/State (Station Sign)
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	2,507,871 3.7%
Rank	19 out of 143
Services
Route map
	Legend
	Red Line
	north to Howard
	Red Line
	south to 95th/Dan Ryan

79th is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Dan Ryan branch of the Red Line. 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 was closed from May 2013 to October 2013 for the Red Line South Reconstruction Project.^[2]

Bus connections

CTA

↑ Due to possible double-counting of physically-connected stations, the CTA's official 2015 tally of stations was 146, but for ridership purposes reported having only 143 stations.

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