79th station

{{Short description|Chicago "L" station}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox station

| custom_header = {{Infobox station/Header CTA|name=79th|line1=Red|grid=7900S 0E/0W|size=.9}}

| image = Northbound track at 79th, looking north.jpg

| address = 15 West 79th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60620

| coordinates = {{coord|41.750419|-87.625112|type:railwaystation_region:US-IL|display=inline, title}}

| style = CTA

| line = Dan Ryan Branch

| other = CTA bus

| platform = 1 Island platform

| structure = Expressway median

| tracks = 2

| parking = No

| bicycle = Yes

| opened = September 28, 1969

| closed =

| rebuilt = 1977–80 (new entrance, elevator added)
2005–06 (renovation)
2013 (refurbished)

| accessible = Yes

| code =

| owned = Chicago Transit Authority

| zone =

| former = 79th/State (station sign)

| pass_year = 2024

| passengers = 1,017,614{{cite web |title=Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2024 |url=https://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/6/2024_Annual_Ridership_Report.pdf |publisher=Chicago Transit Authority |access-date=April 8, 2025 |date=January 22, 2025}}

| pass_percent = 7.1

| pass_rank =

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=CTA|line=Red|left=69th|right=87th}}

| mapframe = yes

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| map_state = collapsed

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79th is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Dan Ryan branch of the Red Line. The station is located in the median of the Dan Ryan Expressway. 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 closed from May 19, 2013, to October 20, 2013, for the Red Line South Reconstruction Project.{{Cite web |url=http://www.transitchicago.com/dr-track/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430103945/http://www.transitchicago.com/dr-track/ |archive-date=2015-04-30 |url-status=dead }}