![]() ![]() “If we don’t find a way to rebuild the Red-Purple line, it’s basically going to fall apart.” The bypass is being built to unravel one of the CTA’s biggest dilemmas: an area of intersection of three different lines – Brown, Red and Purple – at Belmont station. ![]() The most significant part of the project is the so-called Red-Purple Bypass, or Belmont Flyover, which will comprise the construction of elevated tracks along a 3km section located a few stops south of Lawrence station. Under contractor Flour and Walsh, the stations included in the project will receive updated structures and viaducts, as well as new elevators, wider platforms, real-time information boards and will become more accessible for wheelchair users. On the one hand, the CTA will rebuild and modernise the tracks and platforms between the northern stations of Lawrence and Bryn Mawr from 2020. “To accomplish this, we plan to complete reconstruction work in two stages, with station closure, and alternating two-track services.” “We are rebuilding track structure and stations on the city’s busiest rail line while continuing to operate rail services,” explains CTA spokesperson Tammy Chase. “We are rebuilding track structure and stations on the city’s busiest rail line while continuing to operate rail services.” A $2.1bn initiative set to be completed by 2025, the scheme will focus on improving services across the corridor through two major sub-projects. This is where the RPM Programme comes in. “If nothing is done, CTA will continue to be unable to add more trains to accommodate riders, trains will become more overcrowded, and passengers wait times will increase.” “With current infrastructure constraints, the Red Line has reached capacity, which means we cannot add more trains during rush periods,” the CTA said in a statement. Primarily constructed in 1924, the corridor stretches through 15km of tracks that are reaching the end of their lifespan, requiring costly modernisation and maintenance works.Įxacerbating the issue, the Red Line runs through one of Chicago’s most densely populated neighbourhoods, where ridership has almost doubled during morning and evening rush hours in the space of five years. ![]() The whole line is currently being renovated as part of the operator’s Red Ahead programme, with most of the attention particularly focused on the Red and Purple Modernisation (RPM) corridor, an overcrowded section in the north of the city. “The Red Line runs through one of Chicago’s most densely populated neighbourhoods.”Ī pivotal gateway to and from the centre, it is used by a staggering 240,000 riders during weekdays, accounting for almost 40% of all station entries operated by the CTA. ![]()
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