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Is the restoration of the two unused tracks on the Brown Line between Armitage and Chicago part of the proposed $300 million Ravenswood renovation in the Illinois FIRST bill?

April 26, 2017Brown Chicago line proposed ravenswood restoration tracks unused

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Is the restoration of the two unused tracks on the Brown Line between Armitage and Chicago part of the proposed $300 million Ravenswood renovation in the Illinois FIRST bill?

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Restoration of these tracks is not part of the Ravenswood upgrade included in the Illinois FIRST plan, only platform lengthenings and some station house reconstruction. Restoring them would only allow express trains to skip one stop – Sedgwick – so there is no real benefit to returning these tracks to service. However, the Ravenswood project does include some work to smooth out the “triple curve” at North/Clybourn/Halsted.