North Red Line Improvements

 The Red Line serves Chicago’s lakefront neighborhoods from Howard to its current terminal at 95th Street. The segment of the line between Addison and Howard is a four track right-of-way with the inner tracks that shares service with the Purple Line Express during rush periods. Project elements include:

• Rehabilitation of the structure, tracks, power, and signal system to improve reliability and travel speeds.
• Station reconstruction or rehabilitation to make them accessible to persons with disabilities and expand capacity,
• Additional express service on the Purple or Yellow Lines south of Howard station to downtown.
• Reconfiguration of some station platforms between Howard and Belmont to allow express and local trains to serve the station. Opportunities have been identified at Wilson and Loyola for additional express service station stops.
• Improvements to bus transfer facilities and alignment of station entrances to provide convenient access to major east-west bus corridors.