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63rd station (CTA)

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Platforms
  
1 Island platform

Structure type
  
Surface Level

Opened
  
28 September 1969

Tracks
  
2

Connections
  
CTA bus

Disabled access
  
Yes

Owner
  
Chicago Transit Authority

63rd station (CTA)

Location
  
220 West 63rd Street Chicago, Illinois 60621

Owned by
  
Chicago Transit Authority

Address
  
Chicago, IL 60621, United States

Similar
  
69th‑Red Line, 79th‑Red Line, 47th (CTA Red), Halsted (CTA Green), Ashland/63rd station

63rd 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 Englewood neighborhood. It is near the Englewood Union Station, formerly serving the Pennsylvania Railroad, New York Central, and Rock Island Lines. The former Pennsylvania Railroad tracks (now NS owned) pass over the station.

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Structure

Like the eight other stations of the Dan Ryan Branch, 63rd was built by architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill under a simple design. The station opened on September 28, 1969, before being entirely renovated from 2005 to 2006.

2013 renovation

In 2013, the station was renovated with a new elevator installed (along with Garfield and 87th) as part of the Red Line South Reconstruction project and made all the stations on the Dan Ryan branch accessible.

Bus connections

CTA

  • 24 Wentworth
  • 63 63rd (Owl Service)
  • References

    63rd station (CTA) Wikipedia