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Illinois Medical District Station to get a much needed facelift

Illinois Medical District Station to get a much needed facelift

The Forest Park Blue Line stop will benefit from a $23 million renovation, which will be the largest renovation since it opened more than 50 years ago, according to the CTA.You probably know the Blue Line stop as the one with the ridiculously long walkways to get on to the train's level.It's the third busiest station on the Forest Park branch.


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CTA plans $23 million rehab for Illinois Medical District Blue Line stop

CTA plans $23 million rehab for Illinois Medical District Blue Line stop

The CTA board on Wednesday voted to spend $23 million to renovate the Illinois Medical District Blue Line station, the third-busiest stop on the Forest Park branch, beginning next month.The station, which serves four hospitals, including Rush University Medical Center and Stroger Hospital, had over a million users last year.It has not had a major renovation since it opened in 1958, CTA officials said.


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Storm-Beaten Medical District Blue Line Station Will Be Renovated: Chicagoist

Storm-Beaten Medical District Blue Line Station Will Be Renovated: Chicagoist

Rendering of Ogden Ave. stationhouse / Courtesy CTAThe 50-plus-year-old Illinois Medical District Blue Line Station was in need of an upgrade even before a severe thunderstorm collapsed a portion of the platform's overhang last month.Now, it looks like the CTA stop will receive those long-awaited renovations, according to an announcement on Wednesday from Mayor Emanuel and CTA President Dorval R. Carter, Jr.The plan had been in the works since at least last year.