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Article: New closings on Brown Line: Shuttered stations to affect thousands.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- February 17, 2006
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Byline: Virginia Groark
Feb. 17--On Monday, thousands of Brown Line commuters such as Felix Ramos will be forced to map out new routes to work when the Chicago Transit Authority temporarily closes two stations, shifting into high gear a massive project that will affect the daily life of thousands of people, including some who don't even take the train. When the $530 million project is finished in December 2009, stations will be handicapped-accessible, and platforms will be extended so the CTA can run longer trains, increasing capacity by 33 percent on the popular rail route. But getting there is tricky. For the first time in more than a decade, ...