07/12/07
This weekend CTA will temporarily suspend service on the O'Hare branch of the Blue Line between Western/Milwaukee and Clark/Lake on Friday, July 13 from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. Monday, July 16. Bus shuttles will operate as a substitute for rail service making stops at Western, Damen, Division, Chicago, Grand and Clark/Lake. CTA customers are advised to allow extra travel time.
The work is part of an aggressive new plan to eliminate slow zones. CTA is replacing deteriorated wooden rail ties with concrete rail ties which will eliminate slow zones along the tracks between Grand and Division and restore normal train speed to 55 mph.
For the next two months Blue Line trains will be operating on a single track between Grand and Division overnight and on select weekends. In addition, on five weekends when no major festivals are scheduled in the downtown area, sections of track will shut down to allow more work to be completed. On those weekends, supplemental bus service will be provided in lieu of rail service.
Weeknights through August 31, single tracks will typically be in effect from Grand to Division from 9 p.m. each night until
5 a.m. the following morning, Monday night through Friday morning.
Northbound and southbound customers boarding at Grand, Chicago and Division will board trains on the same side of the platform during late night single track work. CTA customers are advised to allow extra travel time.
Weekend Subway Closures
Following this weekend's subway closure, the CTA will suspend service on the O'Hare branch of the Blue Line on the following weekends.
Friday, July 20 from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. Monday, July 23
Friday, August 24 from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. Monday,
August 27
Weekend in September ? To Be Scheduled
Blue Line service will be suspended between Western/Milwaukee and Clark/Lake. Bus shuttles operate as a substitute for rail service making stops at Western, Damen, Division, Chicago, Grand and Clark/Lake.
Friday, August 10 from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. Monday,
August 13
Blue Line service will be suspended between Western/Milwaukee and Jackson. Bus shuttles operate as a substitute for rail service making stops at Western, Damen, Division, Chicago, Grand, Clark/Lake, Washington, Monroe and Jackson.
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