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An idea first floated more than 50 years ago to extend the Chicago Transit Authority's Red Line to the Far South Side is closer to becoming a reality with nearly $2B in federal funding now secured.
111th [2] [3] is a proposed rapid transit station for the Red Line as part of the Red Line Extension. The station will open in 2030, [4] In January 2025, the CTA secured $1.9 billion for the project. [5] [6] The station will be constructed adjacent to the Union Pacific Railroad in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood.
City of Chicago (Ill.), Department of Public Works. Chicago Transit Authority. "Transit Planning Study Chicago Central Area (P-ILL. 3254)." 1968. Chicago. Volume I. Print. City of Chicago (Ill.). Chicago Urban Transportation District. "Chicago-Franklin Line Rail Rapid Transit Project, Draft Environmental Impact Statement (UMTA, IL-23-2005 ...
The State Street subway is an underground section of the Chicago "L" system, carrying the Red Line through the Chicago Loop. The subway is 4.9 mi (7.9 km) long, running underneath Clybourn Avenue, Division Street, and State Street. Red Line trains run through the State Street subway 24/7, with trains arriving
130th [6] [7] is a proposed rapid transit station for the Red Line as part of the Red Line Extension. The station will open in 2030, [8] [9] In January 2025, the CTA secured $1.9 billion for the project. [10] [11] The station will be constructed in Chicago's Riverdale neighborhood.
103rd [2] [3] is a proposed rapid transit station for the Red Line as part of the Red Line Extension. The station will open in 2030, [4] In January 2025, the CTA secured $1.9 billion for the project. [5] [6] The station will be constructed adjacent to the Union Pacific Railroad in Chicago's Roseland and Washington Heights neighborhoods.
In February 1993, the CTA overhauled its system and launched a color-coded route plan. [3] In the process, the Lake–Dan Ryan route was split. The Lake Street branch running west of the Loop became a part of the Green Line, and the Dan Ryan branch running south of the Loop became a part of the Red Line. [4]
The system expanded outward from this with new branches or line extensions until 1930. Due to the ruined financial state of the privately owned Chicago Rapid Transit Company and the Chicago Surface Lines, a public agency (the CTA) was created in 1947 to take over and save the rapid transit and streetcar systems. [6]