The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) announced that the transformative Wilson Station Reconstruction project is more than 50 percent complete. This week, the agency will begin the third phase of construction. The project will not only create a new, modern and fully accessible Wilson station, but will fully rebuild all track structure next to the station.
The USD 203 million project involves completely reconstructing works for the Wilson station and the station’s more than 100-year-old track structure, creating a new transfer point between the Red and Purple lines.
As part of the new phase, CTA will reconstruct the third of four tracks, the northbound Red Line track, along with related elevated structure that will be rebuilt as part of the project. This phase also includes the demolition of the old station platform and the construction of a new east island platform that will eventually serve northbound (Howard-bound) Red and Purple Lines.
The CTA has completed the reconstruction of two southbound tracks that carry Red and Purple Line Express trains and built a new, modern southbound platform that opened in March 2016.
Red and Purple line express service at the Wilson station will continue during phase three and the station will continue to remain open.
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