Politics & Government
Brown Line Station to Close for Nine Days in July
Residents will be directed to the station one stop east, starting Saturday.
Brown Line commuters traveling in and out of the city will have to use an alternate station starting Saturday morning.
The Kimball Brown Line Station will close for nine days for a $4.6 million reconstruction, CTA officials announced July 3.
Travelers that would normally get off at that station can use the Kedzie Brown Line stop, about .4 miles away. All Brown Line trains will start and end service from that stop.
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During the closure, crews will replace almost 700 feet of deteriorating ties, rails and signal systems. Some components are more than 50 years old, CTA officials said in a news release.
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Street and sidewalks adjacent to the station will also close. Pedestrians can use the west sidewalk on Kimball between Lawrence and Eastwood.
Residents can expect the construction to last from 2 a.m. Saturday until 4 a.m. July 22.
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