BY TINA SFONDELES Transportation Reporter
tsfondeles@suntimes.com June 23, 2012 11:32PM
Terrible, cramped and decrepit.
That’s how CTA President Forrest Claypool describes the 95th Street Red Line station, one of the agency’s busiest terminals.
But under an ambitious $240 million plan to upgrade and expand the station, it will morph into a bright, airy and clean space, double in size with a sound barrier to block noise from the adjacent Dan Ryan Expy.
PHOTO CREDIT:Sun-Times
The glass-enclosed terminal will be spacious and filled with light, resembling O’Hare Airport, and its larger platforms will be able to hold more L passengers, according to conceptual designs from the CTA.
And it will have space for retail stores so riders can pick up a newspaper and a coffee for a ride into the city.
PHOTO CREDIT: Sun-Times
It’s not a pipe dream. This work is happening, the agency said, as soon as spring 2014.
More found on
the Chicago Sun-Times website.
Personal Note - Funny how $140 million became $240 million all of a sudden. Leads me to believe, as others have noted, that the Red Line Extension may be a little longer in coming than originally planned.