Red and Purple Modernization

Rebuilding vital infrastructure for Chicago’s future

 

芝加哥红线地铁站建于1900年，每年超过470万人次使用，亚偕站曾于2013年美化及改善基本设备，但该四个地铁站，完全没有电梯等设备让需要乘客使用，特别是残障者，没有电梯可以让他们自由的出入车站，CTA计划重新改建此四个北华埠的地铁站，最重要的让乘客有更舒适，更安全的设备，新的月台不但加宽，同时添增照明灯，通风设备和增多候车的座椅。

此项大工程，将分段进行施工，动工初期是从红线的贝曼特站（ Belmont  Station）到豪活站以北， 紫线向北延伸至威尔麦（ Wilmette）的林登（ Linden）站；同时CTA也会考虑以巴士衔接受到施工影响的乘客。

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is undertaking the largest capital improvement project in its history: the Red & Purple Modernization Program. This major initiative will completely rebuild the northern portion of the Red Line from Belmont to Howard station and the Purple Line, which extends to Linden station in Wilmette. The RPM corridor was built close to a century ago—in 1924—when Calvin Coolidge was President and the Wrigley Building had just been constructed.

The Red Line is now Chicago’s busiest ‘L’ line, serving some of the most densely populated neighborhoods in the country, and the number of riders along this corridor is only growing. In the past five years alone, for example, rush hour ridership increased by 40 percent.

RPM is an effort to accommodate current and future ridership needs by comprehensively upgrading tracks and reconstructing stations. RPM will also increase the number of passengers that pass through these stations by expanding the number of trains that can travel on the Red Line—an improvement that will allow CTA to better serve customers for generations to come.

What’s New?

RPM: Phase One

RPM is a massive, multi-stage project that is scheduled to be completed in phases, which allows CTA to make the greatest number of improvements while minimizing impacts to the surrounding community.