Mar 17, 2008 4:59 pm US/Central
CTA Brown Line Station To Reopen, But 2 More Close
CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) ―
The CTA on Monday announced the reopening later this month of one Brown Line station while two other on the North Side will close for renovation.
The Southport station, under construction for the past year, will reopen for service on Sunday, March 30, and -- for the first time -- eight-car trains will serve the Brown Line, according to a release from the CTA. Improvements include longer platforms to accommodate eight-car trains, a rebuilt station house and newly installed elevators that make the station accessible to the disabled.
"We are able to accelerate the operation of eight-car trains on the Brown Line by reopening this station, and by opening a temporary station at Diversey," CTA President Ron Huberman said. "Longer trains will help ease congestion when the Red, Brown and Purple Express trains begin to share one southbound track on March 30."
Also on March 30, two Brown Line stations -- Paulina and Wellington -- will close for renovation.
Beginning March 30, southbound trains will be limited to one southbound track at the Belmont and Fullerton stations due to construction for the Brown Line capacity expansion project. To help ease the impact, the CTA will begin operating eight-car trains on the Brown Line during morning and evening rushes. Currently, trains consist of six cars.
During the peak morning rush period there will be four fewer Red Line trains inbound from Howard to Downtown (19 to 15). However, additional southbound trains will be staged south of Fullerton for use as needed. Four fewer Brown Line trains (16 to 12) will operate during the peak, but because the trains will have eight cars, capacity on the Brown Line will be the same. Purple Line Express and South Side Red Line service will remain the same.
"We are still limited in the number of trains we are able to operate on one track, so customers should plan accordingly, particularly during the morning commute," Chicago Transit Board Chairman Carole Brown said. "Our advice to 'leave early, leave late or alternate' still applies."
(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2009. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
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