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Dan Ryan Red Line Overview: |
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Traffic Impact
Project Presentation
Project Presentation
Project Update
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CTA’s $282.6 million Red Line Rehab project is a significant step in bringing more reliable and efficient rapid transit service to the South Side. The work includes power, signal and communication upgrades for more than nine miles of the Red Line from Cermak-Chinatown to 95th Street, as well as station renovations. Improving power reliability and the delivery of that power are the most significant aspects of the project. Since the Dan Ryan branch of the Red Line opened for service in 1969, the CTA has put more trains into service and increased the frequency of service to keep up with customer demand. In 1969, the Red Line ran six-car trains with rush hour intervals at 5-7 minutes. Today, the Red Line runs eight-car trains with rush hour intervals at 3-5 minutes. In addition, rail cars originally placed on the line over 30 years ago did not require as much power to operate as today’s more modern rail cars. Improved customer amenities such as upgraded air conditioning systems require more power from the third rail to operate. Power components of the project include the construction of two new substations, upgrades to two other substations and the installation of new contact rail, which will result in increased power for the branch. Seven stations along the line, Sox-35th to 87th, will receive upgrades that include new flooring, refurbished platform canopies, enhanced lighting, new Customer Assistance kiosks and improved signs. Eight escalators along the branch will be replaced and two new elevators will be installed, one each at 47th and 69th, making the stations newly accessible to customers with disabilities. This will bring to five the number of stations on this branch that are accessible. There will also be enhancements to improve bus connectivity, such as curb cuts, canopies over station entrances and improved lighting on the approach to each station. Last year, as a preliminary phase, CTA rehabilitated bus bridges at 69th and 95th Streets and completed renovations to the stationhouse at Sox-35th. When the entire
Red Line rehab project is completed in winter 2006, the CTA will have
rehabilitated bus bridges at 69th and 95th Streets, made upgrades
at Sox-35th, improved signal, communications and power substation
systems, and renovated seven Red Line stations.
Phase I: Replace crossover track, install a temporary signal system to support existing and upcoming track work, and begin contact rail replacements from Cermak Road to 95th Street. March 2004 – March 2005 Phase II: Construct two new substations, upgrade two existing substations and demolish one substation. Install a new bi-directional signal systems, finish replacing the contact rail and install new fiber optic cable. August 2004 – January 2006 Phase
III: Perform station renovations including elevator installations
at 47th and 69th Streets and refurbishment of platform canopies at
eight stations. Bus bridgework, including mid bridge canopy at 47th
Street. August 2005 – Fall 2006.
Overall project
budget is $282.6 million.
Signals and Communication: · 9.1
miles of new train control signals and communication Traction Power System: · Replace
9.1 miles of contact rail Infrastructure Rehabilitation: · Replace
special track (i.e. crossovers) Station Improvements: ·
Sox/35th Street ·
47th Street ·
Garfield ·
63rd Street ·
69th Street ·
79th Street ·
87th Street Bus connectivity enhancements at each station include curb cuts, canopies over the station entrances at 47th, 69th, 79th, and 87th Streets, improved lighting on the approach to each station, and a mid-bridge canopy over the crosswalk from 47th station entrance. RED LINE INFORMATION The Dan Ryan branch opened on September 28, 1969. From that date to the end of 1969 (three months), ridership was 947,371. In its first full year of operation in 1970, ridership was 4,147,248. 2003 Dan Ryan
branch ridership by Station (average weekday – highest to lowest)
Historical The famed design firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) designed the nine stations on the Dan Ryan branch. Improved visibility and security, high level of illumination, and more comfortable conditions were design goals. The line was also designed to be intermodal, with the bus and rapid transit systems feeding one another. Off-street bus transfer facilities were provided at the 95th Terminal and at 69th station by means of bus bridges over the expressway traffic lanes. In addition, an off-street bus loop was provided at the Cermak-Chinatown station. The Dan Ryan Line entered service on September 28, 1969 as part of the West-South Route (Lake-Dan Ryan) service. The Dan Ryan Line was rerouted on February 21, 1993, and now comprises the south end of today’s Red Line. Communities
Served
Darud Akbar
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