by orangeline
A couple of years ago there was a lot of hoopla over a proposed CTA Circle Line. As I recall, the line would make use of existing Orange, Red and Brown Line tracks from Ashland Ave on the Orange line to a new North/Clybourn superstation on the Brown line and then turn south on new trackage, eventually running over the existing Paulina Connector and Blue Line Cermak Branch tracks past 18th St to new elevated tracks which would connect back to the Orange Line. There would be all kinds of new free transfers among L lines (except the Skokie Swift) and new connections with Metra. The big selling point was a potentially significant time savings by being able to ride, say between Midway and Medical Center, without having to first go downtown.
Does anyone know what happened to that plan? Is it something I may actually live to see built (I'm almost 50 y.o.)?
Does anyone know what happened to that plan? Is it something I may actually live to see built (I'm almost 50 y.o.)?
"Welcome aboard Orange Line run 711. Travel time to downtown is 25 minutes. Next stop will be Pulaski."