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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.
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.
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]
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.
The Red Line is a rapid transit line in Chicago, run by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) as part of the Chicago "L" system. It is the busiest line on the "L" system, with an average of 108,303 passengers boarding each weekday in 2023 [ 1 ] The route is 21.8 miles (35.1 km) long with a total of 33 stations.
It is an elevated station located at 1117 West Lawrence Avenue in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The adjacent stations are Argyle , located about 1 ⁄ 3 mile (0.54 km) to the north, and Wilson , about 1 ⁄ 4 mile (0.40 km) to the south, serving as alternate stations remaining open while Lawrence is closed for reconstruction.
On February 21, 1993, the CTA color-coded the lines and made the State Street subway and Dan Ryan Branch part of the present day Red Line. Trains were rerouted through the new subway extension to the Dan Ryan Branch which runs to 95th/Dan Ryan, while the South Side Elevated branch became part of the present day Green Line. [5]