CTA Breaks Ground on the Red Line Extension to 130th Street
Future Michigan Avenue station, S Michigan Ave at 116th St, Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Transit Authority
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCECTA's own release is dated April 24, 2026 and describes the groundbreaking as having happened, with "the new extension and stations [...] expected to be completed and in service in 2030".[1]
The Chicago Transit Authority started building the $5.7 billion, 5.5-mile extension of the Red Line south from 95th/Dan Ryan, with a ceremony at the site of the future Michigan Avenue station. Four new accessible stations near 103rd Street, 111th Street, Michigan Avenue and 130th Street will bring rapid transit to the Far South Side for the first time.
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