Chicago Transit Authority announced the first major milestone in the USD 23 million renovation of the Illinois Medical District (IMD) Blue Line station, a vital public transit connection to one of the US largest medical districts. The project is the latest in a series of recent infrastructure improvement projects announced by Mayor Rahm Emanuel to improve Chicago’s neighborhoods and transit services.
The project involves the exterior and interior improvements to the stationhouse, improved station and platform lighting; the installation of new security cameras; and new CTA Bus and Train Tracker displays.
Opened nearly 60 years ago, the IMD station is the third-busiest station on the Blue Line Forest Park branch with more than 1 million station entries last year. It provides key connections to four major hospital systems – the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, the John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Rush University Medical Center and the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center. The station also serves Malcolm X College and the United Center.
Share on:
