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'''Sox–35th''' is an [[Chicago "L"|'L']] station on the [[Chicago Transit Authority|CTA]]'s [[Red Line (CTA)|Red Line]]. It is situated at 142 West 35th Street in the [[Armour Square, Chicago|Armour Square]] neighborhood. The station opened on September 28, 1969, along with the other eight stations on the Dan Ryan branch.

Currently, theThe station serves [[Guaranteed Rate Field]], the stadium of the [[Chicago White Sox]], and takes its name from this location, originally serving the now-demolished [[Comiskey Park]] (which was also known as "Sox Park" from 1962 until 1976, during the time of construction for Sox–35th), which had been located across the street from the current park. It is also close to the [[Illinois Institute of Technology]] and [[VanderCook College of Music]], though {{cta|35th–Bronzeville–IIT}} ([[Green Line (CTA)|Green Line]]) is closer to some parts of that campus.

Sox–35th station is located in the median of the [[Dan Ryan Expressway]]. The main entrance to the station is on the 35th Street overpass; that entrance is handicapped accessible by an elevator. An auxiliary entrance is located on the 33rd Street overpass, and this entrance connects to the station via a pedestrian bridge. At both entrances, a fare turnstile is located at street level and passengers must take stairs, an escalator, or the elevator to the platform. The platform is an [[island platform]]; northbound trains stop on the east side, and southbound trains stop on the west side.

A rapid transit line in the median of the Dan Ryan Expressway was initially proposed in 1958, before the expressway was built.<ref>{{cite web|title=Proposed $315,000,000 Twenty-Year Transit Expansion and Improvement Program|url=http://www.chicago-l.org/plans/images/NewHorizons/1958NewHorizonsMap.jpg|publisher=[[Chicago Transit Authority]]|access-date=May 27, 2011|date=July 30, 1958}}</ref> In 1966, Chicago voters passed a bond issue to provide $28 million in funding for new rail lines in the median of the Dan Ryan and [[Kennedy Expressway|Kennedy]] Expressways, qualifying the routes for federal aid funds.<ref>{{cite news|last=Buck|first=Thomas|title=New Rail Rapid Transit Lines Included|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=April 19, 1966}}</ref><ref name=buck2>{{cite news|last=Buck|first=Thomas|title=Plan Commission OK's Rail Routes in 2 Thruways|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=January 25, 1967}}</ref> The Chicago Plan commission approved plans for the new routes in January 1967, estimating the cost of the Dan Ryan line to be $38 million; Sox–35th, called White Sox–Illinois Tech at the time, was included in the plans.<ref name="buck2"/> Federal funding for the lines was approved in March 1967. Mayor [[Richard J. Daley]] subsequently stated that construction would begin immediately and projected the lines would open by the beginning of 1969, though engineers expected an opening date in late 1969 or early 1970.<ref>{{cite news|last=Schreiber|first=Edward|title=45.9 Million to Be Used on 2 New Lines|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=March 15, 1967}}</ref> Sox–35th and the other Dan Ryan stations opened on September 28, 1969. The final cost of the line was $38 million; the [[Chicago Tribune]] noted that it was constructed "in virtually record time".<ref name=opening>{{cite news|last=Buck|first=Thomas|title=Ryan Rail Service Starts Today|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=September 28, 1969}}</ref> Three days before the line opened, the CTA ran free trains on the route between Sox–35th and {{cta|[[95th/Dan Ryan}} station|95th]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Buck|first=Thomas|title=New 'L' Route to Open With a Free Ride|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=September 25, 1969}}</ref> The new route led to the [[The Loop (CTA)|Loop]] in the north and continued west along the Lake Street Elevated; trains did not follow the current alignment of the Red Line north of Sox–35th until 1993.<ref name=opening/><ref>{{cite news|last=Kiernan|first=Louise|title=Train Crash Mars Debut of Howard-Ryan Line|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=February 22, 1993|author2=Jerry Thornton}}</ref>