“Public transit is an essential service and this new train bypass will save riders 500 million travel hours each year. CTA reports the bypass was the first new section of track added to its system in 28 years. Significant because the Red Line carries 30 percent of all CTA rail customers.Ĭonstruction of the bypass began in the fall of 2019 and the significant piece of infrastructure began hosting Brown Line trains on Nov. In addition to more reliable service, the new bypass allows additional Red Line trains to operate. The new bypass allows Brown Line trains to operate along dedicated tracks above the Red and Purple Line tracks. The Red-Purple Bypass project is designed to unclog a junction originally built in 1907 where Brown Line trains had to cross over four tracks used by Red and Purple Line trains. The balance of the project is being funded with Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Funds, CTA funds and two different Tax-Increment Financing District revenues. RPM Phase One executed a $956.6-million Full Funding Grant Agreement with Federal Transit Administration under the Obama Administration in January 2017. I’m proud of the progress CTA has made with the RPM project and beyond confident this bypass will benefit every single person who uses our transit system in the city.” "Our city and our residents deserve an easily accessible and reliable CTA commute, and I’m thrilled to see the continued improvement and modernization of one of the busiest 'L' lines. “The reconstruction of the Red Line in our transportation and trail system has been long overdue," said Chicago Mayor Lori E. Installation of a new signal system on 23 track miles between Howard and Belmont.Major track and station reconstruction began in spring 2021 and is expected to be substantially completed by the end of 2024. Reconstruction of the Lawrence, Argyle, Berwyn and Bryn Mawr Red Line stations into larger, 100-percent accessible stations and replacement of track structure totaling six track-miles that is nearly a century old.New Red-Purple Bypass construction followed by the reconstruction of Red and Purple Line track structure between Belmont and Newport/Cornelia. RPM Phase One includes three major components: RPM will improve rail service reliability, comfort and convenience to customers by modernizing and replacing century-old structures and rail stations from Belmont to Linden in Wilmette, Ill. Leaders from the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) were joined by city and state dignitaries to celebrate the completion of the Red-Purple Bypass project, as well as the start of the North Belmont Red-Purple Reconstruction project.īoth are part of the CTA’s $2.1 billion Red and Purple Modernization (RPM) Phase One project, which is the largest reconstruction effort in the authority’s history.
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