95th/Dan Ryan station

95/Dan Ryan
 
9500S
0E/0W
95th/Dan Ryan station in April 2009
Location 15 West 95th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60620
Coordinates 41°43′21″N 87°37′28″W / 41.722596°N 87.624391°W / 41.722596; -87.624391
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)
  Red Line
Platforms 1 Island platform
Tracks 2
Connections

CTA Buses
Pace Buses

Greyhound Bus
Construction
Structure type Expressway median
Parking No
Bicycle facilities Yes
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened September 28, 1969
Rebuilt 2000–01 (elevator added, minor renovations), 2003 (bus terminal renovations), 2014–18 (station expansion and reconstruction)
Previous names 95th, 95th/State (Station Sign)
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 3,261,146[1] Decrease 6%
Rank 12 out of 143
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station
Dan Ryan Branch
toward Howard
Red LineTerminus
  Proposed services  
toward Howard
Red Line
103rd
toward 130th
Route map
Red Line
north to Howard
Bus lane
95th St.

95th/Dan Ryan (or 95th in station announcements) is a rapid transit station on the Chicago 'L' system in the median of the Dan Ryan Expressway and serving Chicago's Roseland neighborhood. Currently, it serves as the southern terminus of the Chicago Transit Authority's Red Line, and is the southernmost CTA station. This station was the system's twelfth busiest in 2017.[1] Trains take approximately 30 minutes to travel to the Loop, and 60 minutes to reach Howard.[2]

It is the only CTA rail terminal located in an expressway (except for UIC-Halsted, which is the terminal for Blue Line trains during weekday rush hours), and also one of the only terminals with no park-and-ride lot. Like Howard, this station has a bus terminal and connects to CTA and Pace buses, but unlike Howard, it also connects to Greyhound buses.

History

95/Dan Ryan destination sign

Though the station is named 95th/Dan Ryan, no CTA train announcement says it that way. Before the CTA changed the name of 95th/Dan Ryan to simply 95th, the destination signs, the station signs, and other signs labeled it as 95th/Dan Ryan. This is because of the old CTA maps labeling it as "95".

Ridership

Approximately 50,000 people go through the terminal every day. Many commuters from the far south side or south suburbs connect to 95th Street via the CTA and Pace bus systems. 95th/Dan Ryan is the southernmost stop in the CTA system.

The station also serves as the Greyhound bus "Chicago 95th & Dan Ryan, Illinois" station.[3]

95th/Dan Ryan Terminal Improvement Project

After the Red Line South Reconstruction project is completed in October 2013, The CTA will do an improvement project that will cost $240 million later changed to $280 million, and will expand, improve and rebuild the entire 95th/Dan Ryan terminal; the station will remain open during the project, and the project began on September 22, 2014.[4] with the North Terminal opening in December 2018. [5]

Extension

Since the 1970s, the city of Chicago has been vowing to extend the CTA Red Line south of 95th/Dan Ryan. And for a good reason: 95th/Dan Ryan has become overcrowded, with the station filled to capacity during weekday rush hours. Riders have complained about the inconveniences associated with bus-to-train transfers: long waits, long rides, and crowded conditions. On January 26, 2018, the final alignment for the extension was announced.[6] The extension would run west of the existing Union Pacific Railroad tracks from I-57 to 109th street, then cross over the Union Pacific Railroad tracks and run east of the tracks until crossing the Metra Electric tracks near 119th street, and continuing at-grade to 130th street, three new stations would be built at 103rd, 111th, and Michigan, a new yard and shop would be built at 120th street, and a new terminal station would be built at 130th. if the CTA can get the funding for the $2.3 billion extension, construction on the extension would begin in 2022 and would be completed in 2026.

Bus connections

CTA

  • N5 South Shore Night Bus (Owl Service)
  • N9 Ashland (Owl Service)
  • 29 State
  • 34 South Michigan (Owl Service)
  • 95 95th
  • 100 Jeffery Manor Express (weekday rush hours only)
  • 103 West 103rd
  • 106 East 103rd
  • 108 Halsted/95th
  • 111 111th/King Drive
  • 112 Vincennes/111th
  • 115 Pullman/115th
  • 119 Michigan/119th

Pace

  • 352 Halsted
  • 353 95th/River Oaks/Homewood
  • 359 Robbins/South Kedzie Avenue
  • 381 95th Street
  • 395 95th/Dan Ryan CTA Station/UPS Hodgkins (Weekday UPS shifts only)
  • 772 Brookfield Zoo Express/CTA Red Line (Memorial Day through Labor Day on weekends only)

Notes and references

Notes

    References

    1. 1 2 "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2017" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 31, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
    2. ↑ "Red Line Trains" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority.
    3. ↑ "Greyhound.com Locations: Chicago 95th & Dan Ryan, Illinois". Greyhound. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
    4. ↑ http://www.transitchicago.com/mayor-emanuel-breaks-ground-on-new-95th-Street-bus-red-line-terminal/?Month=9&Year=2014
    5. ↑ http://www.transitchicago.com/95thTerminal/
    6. ↑ https://chicago.curbed.com/platform/amp/2018/1/26/16935930/cta-red-line-extension-130th-street
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