Weekend Green Line service suspended between Roosevelt and 35th; southbound Red Line trains rerouted from State Street subway to elevated tracks
The CTA is encouraging customers to plan ahead and allow extra travel time due to scheduled project work affecting portions of the Red and Green lines all weekend. Beginning Friday night until Sunday morning, southbound Red Line trains will operate on the elevated tracks between Fullerton and Cermak-Chinatown due to maintenance work. Ongoing station construction work will require the temporary suspension of Green Line service between the Roosevelt and 35th-Bronzeville-IIT stations beginning early Saturday morning through early Monday morning.
Normal Green and Red line service will be provided for the Monday morning rush period.
Red Line Service
Beginning 10 p.m. Friday, January 23 and continuing through 6 a.m. Sunday, January 25, southbound Red Line trains will be rerouted from the subway to operate on the elevated tracks between the Fullerton and Cermak-Chinatown stations as crews continue subway maintenance work. Northbound Red Line service will not be affected and will operate normally in the State Street subway.
During this time, rerouted southbound trains will stop at the following elevated stations between Fullerton and Cermak-Chinatown: Armitage, Sedgwick, Chicago/Franklin, Merchandise Mart, Clark/Lake, State/Lake, Randolph/Wabash, Madison/Wabash, Adams/Wabash and Roosevelt (elevated). The Merchandise Mart station is available for exit only via stairway (non-accessible) from approximately 1 a.m. to 5 a.m.
To Downtown
Customers traveling southbound to downtown via Red Line service can exit at any elevated station along Lake or Wabash. Customers who require access to an elevator will need to exit at Clark/Lake.
From Downtown
Customers in the downtown area can access southbound Red Line trains by walking one block east of State Street and board at any of the elevated stations along Wabash or Lake streets. Those needing access to an elevator will need to board at Clark/Lake.
At North/Clybourn, Clark/Division, Chicago or Grand
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 that will be traveling on elevated tracks. Customers traveling on southbound trains wishing to exit at the North/Clybourn, Clark/Division, Chicago or Grand stations should travel to the State/Lake elevated station and make a free transfer (farecard required) to the Lake Street Red Line subway station to board a northbound Red Line train.
Green Line Service
Beginning at 1:40 a.m. Saturday, January 24 and continuing through 4 a.m. Monday, January 26, Green Line service between the Roosevelt and 35th-Bronzeville-IIT stations will be temporarily suspended as crews continue work associated with the construction of the new Cermak-McCormick Place station.
During this time, free bus shuttles will be operate in both directions between the Roosevelt and 35th-Bronzeville-IIT stations as well as free transfers back into those rail stations. Customers are encouraged to allow extra travel time.      
Weather permitting, work requiring the temporary suspension of rail service between the Roosevelt and 35th-Bronzeville-IIT stations is tentatively scheduled to occur beginning 1:40 a.m. until 11:40 a.m. on Saturday, January 31 and then again on Sunday, February 1.
The future Cermak-McCormick Place station will be accessible to those with disabilities and feature modern amenities such as elevators, bike racks, state-of-the-art security, enclosed boarding platforms and three entrances. Construction of the new $50 million station, which is managed by the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT), will fill a gap in service between the existing Roosevelt and 35th-Bronzeville-IIT stations, while also provide access to rail transit for neighborhood residents and businesses including McCormick Place.
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