05/08/2008
Weeknight Reroutes of Red Line Subway Trains
to Elevated ContinuesService on the Red Line between Fullerton station and Cermak-Chinatown will be temporarily suspended in both directions from 10 p.m. Friday, May 9 until 4 a.m. Monday, May 12. North and southbound Red Line trains will be rerouted from the subway to the elevated tracks throughout the weekend. Customers are advised to allow extra travel time.
Northbound Red Line trains will operate normally from 95th to Cermak-Chinatown, then reroute to the Roosevelt elevated station and proceed to the inner Loop track along Wells and Van Buren. Northbound Red Line trains will make their first stop at Library, then LaSalle/Van Buren, Quincy/Wells, Washington/Wells, Merchandise Mart, Chicago/Franklin, Sedgwick and Armitage, then to Fullerton where they will resume normal northbound service.
Southbound Red Line trains will operate normally from Howard to Fullerton, then reroute to Armitage, Sedgwick, Chicago/Franklin and Merchandise Mart, then to the outer Loop track along Wells and Van Buren. In the Loop southbound Red Line trains will stop at Washington/Wells, Quincy/Wells, LaSalle/Van Buren, Library to Roosevelt elevated, then proceed to the Cermak/Chinatown station where they will resume normal southbound Red Line service.
Red Line trains will resume normal service through the subway at 4 a.m. Monday. In addition to running Red Line trains on the elevated tracks, CTA will operate three bus shuttles to help customers make their normal connections.
Bus shuttle service will operate between the Clark/Division station and North/Clybourn station, stopping at the Sedgwick Brown Line station where customers may board Red Line trains.
Bus shuttle service also will operate from the Grand/State and Chicago/State stations to the Chicago/Franklin Brown Line station where customers may board Red Line trains.
Additional bus shuttle service will operate between Jackson/State, Harrison/State, Jackson/Wabash and Roosevelt/Wabash where customers may board Red Line trains.
Temporarily suspending Red Line service from Fullerton to Cermak/Chinatown will allow construction and maintenance crews to work without train traffic or live rail.
Next Week
Monday, May 12 and Wednesday, May 14 from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m.Southbound Red Line trains that normally operate through the subway between the Fullerton station and the Cermak/Chinatown station will be rerouted from the subway to the elevated. Rerouted southbound trains will stop at the following elevated stations between Cermak/Chinatown and Fullerton: Armitage, Sedgwick, Chicago/Franklin, Merchandise Mart, Clark/Lake, State/Lake, Randolph/Wabash, Madison/Wabash, Adams/Wabash and Roosevelt/Wabash. The Merchandise Mart station is available as an exit only (via stairway) on from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m.
Customers who wish to travel southbound from downtown stations can access southbound Red Line trains at any of the elevated stations along Lake or Wabash streets on the Inner Loop track. Customers who wish to travel southbound from the North/Clybourn, Clark/Division, Chicago or Grand Red Line stations can board a northbound train and exit at Fullerton to board southbound Red Line trains on the southbound platform.
Customers traveling southbound to downtown should exit Red Line trains at any elevated station along Lake or Wabash.
Southbound customers who wish to exit at the North/Clybourn, Clark/Division, Chicago or Grand stations should travel to the State/Lake elevated station and exit to the Lake Street Red Line subway station to board a northbound Red Line train. Southbound customers are asked to allow extra travel time.
Southbound Red Line trains will operate normally between the Howard and Fullerton stations and between the Cermak/Chinatown and 95th Street stations. Northbound Red Line service is not affected.
Tuesday, May 13 and Thursday, May 15 from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. Southbound Red Line trains that normally operate through the subway between the Fullerton station and the Cermak-Chinatown station will operate on the elevated structure. From Fullerton, southbound Red Line trains will stop at Armitage, Sedgwick, Chicago/Franklin and Merchandise Mart. The Merchandise Mart station is available as an exit only (via stairway) on from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m.Entering the Loop, southbound Red Line trains will be routed to the outer Loop tracks along Van Buren and Wells and make their first stop at Washington/Wells, then Quincy/Wells, LaSalle/Van Buren and Library, then proceed to Roosevelt and resume the normal route to Cermak-Chinatown.
Customers who wish to travel southbound from downtown stations can access southbound Red Line trains at any of the elevated stations along Van Buren or Wells streets on the outer Loop track. Customers who wish to travel southbound from the North/Clybourn, Clark/Division, Chicago or Grand Red Line stations can board a northbound train and exit at Fullerton to board southbound Red Line trains on the southbound platform.
Customers traveling southbound to downtown should exit Red Line trains at any elevated station along Wells or Van Buren.
Southbound customers who wish to exit at the North/Clybourn, Clark/Division, Chicago or Grand stations should travel to the Library elevated station and exit to the Jackson Red Line subway station to board a northbound Red Line train. Southbound customers are asked to allow extra travel time.
Southbound Red Line trains will operate normally between the Howard and Fullerton stations and between the Cermak/Chinatown and 95th Street stations. Northbound Red Line service is not affected.
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