California, Damen Blue Line stations to close for weeks for rehab Updated: August 10, 2014 11:45PM The California station on the Blue Line will close for six weeks this fall and the Damen station will be shut down for nine weeks during much of the Christmas holiday shopping season as part of the CTA’s “Your New Blue” upgrade. The California station will be shut from Sept. 4 to Oct. 16 and the Damen station will close from Oct. 20 to Dec. 22 as both station undergo extensive renovations, officials said. During the closures, the CTA will have additional No. 56 Milwaukee bus service for the weekday morning and evening rush periods and an overnight “owl” service to link the closest stations to the shuttered stations, the agency said in a news release Monday. The CTA offered riders free shuttle buses during weekend track work that began in March as part of the upgrade to the Blue Line’s O’Hare International Airport branch. But it will not be offering free shuttles during station shutdowns, CTA spokeswoman Tammy Chase said. “Shuttles are always provided during track closures, but for station closures we look at each project individually,’’ Chase said. “In this case, there is good complementary bus service, so we are augmenting our No. [...] ilinnews/california-damen-blue-line-stations-to-close-for-weeks-for-rehab/
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 06:02:15 +0000
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