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4 CTA Stations on Red, Blue Lines Set to Close This Weekend
Taking the Blue Line this weekend? The Grand station will be closed from 10 p.m. Friday through 4 a.m. Monday. Other closures are set for Red Line stations in Edgewater. (David Wilson / Flickr)
Three CTA Red Line stations in Edgewater will be closed from Friday night through Monday morning for the fifth consecutive weekend. The Grand Blue Line station will also be closed this weekend.
The Granville, Thorndale and Bryn Mawr stations are scheduled to close from 10 p.m. Friday until 4 a.m. Monday, according to the CTA, which says a free shuttle bus will be available between the Loyola and Berwyn stops. The closures are part of the CTA’s major Red and Purple Line Modernization project, a yearslong program that involves rebuilding the Lawrence, Argyle, Berwyn and Bryn Mawr stations, as well as miles of track and structures. A CTA spokesperson said last month that riders should expect shutdowns “most every weekend now through the spring, into the summer.”
The Grand station on the CTA Blue Line is set to be closed from 10 p.m. Friday until 4 a.m. Monday due to construction work to improve the Grand station, according to the CTA, which recommends using the Grand station about half a mile away as an alternative. Shuttle bus service between the Grand and Chicago stations will also be available. The work is part of the CTA’s ongoing Your New Blue program to upgrade outdated stations and speed up service.
Current and upcoming system alerts for CTA trains can be found here.
