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Article: Skokie Swift to shut down for two months
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- June 14, 1991
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Summer commuting woes are about to increase for 3,000 daily
riders of the CTA's Skokie Swift line.
Starting July 8, the line, which operates nonstop between the
Howard Street L station and Dempster Street in Skokie, will be shut
down until a track replacement project is completed in September, the
CTA said Thursday.
The Skokie Swift has been closed only on weekends for the track
work since April.
During construction, free shuttle bus service will be provided
between the Skokie Swift station on Dempster and the Howard station,
the transit agency said.
The shutdown is necessary because of extensive work at the CTA's
Howard yard, which is slowing trains getting through the area, ...