Fullerton (CTA)
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Fullerton is an 'L' station on the CTA's Brown and Red Lines. Purple Line express trains also stop at the station during weekday rush hours and the station is served by the #11 (Lincoln), #37 (Sedgwick), and #74 (Fullerton) CTA bus routes. It is an elevated station with two island platforms, located at 943–947 West Fullerton Avenue in the Lincoln Park neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois. Brown and Purple Line trains share the outer tracks while Red Line trains run on the inner tracks. As well as being an important transfer station, the station serves the Lincoln Park campus of DePaul University.
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[edit] History
Fullerton Station was opened in 1900 as an express/local stop on the Northwestern Elevated Railroad[1]. The original station house was damaged by a fire in 1996, and a new building was opened alongside it in 1998.
[edit] Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project
Fullerton station is undergoing major renovation and reconstruction as part of the Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project. The historic station house, which is currently unused, is to be relocated to the north side of Fullerton Avenue and the station rebuilt. New wider platforms will be constructed with new canopies added, and elevators are to be added to the station to ensure that it meets ADA accessibility requirements. The new station will also be able to accommodate 10-car trains, allowing for future expansion of the Red Line[2]. Because of its importance, the station is scheduled to remain open throughout the entire project unlike other stations which face temporary closures. This will be achieved by the use of a temporary station house that opened on October 8, 2006[3].
The renovation project has not been without controversy. The demolition of both the well known Demon Dogs hot dog stand and DePaul University's 1929 Gothic-style Hayes-Healy Gymnasium were unsuccessfully contested[4][5].
[edit] References
- ^ Fullerton. Chicago-"L".org (URL accessed October 7, 2006).
- ^ Chigago Transit Authority Ravenswood (Brown) Line Expansion Environmental Assessment. Chicago Transit Authority
- ^ Fullerton Station Entrance to Temporarily Relocate on Sunday. CTA press release (URL accessed October 7, 2006).
- ^ Vanishing Chicago: The Gym. adoresixtyfour.com (URL accessed October 7, 2006).
- ^ Ben Joravsky Oops! They Did It Again. Chicago Reader, December 16, 2005.
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