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In line with other downtown stations, Grand station underwent renovation from 2007 until 2012. The project doubled the station's capacity through a 2,000 sq ft (190 m 2) mezzanine expansion as well as widening stairways and adding elevators. [4] The final cost for the renovation was $73.6 million. [5]
[2] [3] While the station was closed, the five stairways to the subway platform became garbage-strewn, and the station fell into disrepair. On April 21, 1999, the CTA decided to reopen Grand due to population growth in the area around the station. [4] After some refurbishment, Grand reopened on June 25, 1999, at 6:00 a.m. [5]
The station was located at Grand Avenue and Franklin Street in the Near North Side neighborhood of Chicago. Grand was situated south of Chicago and north of Merchandise Mart. Grand opened in 1921 to replace the Kinzie station and closed on September 20, 1970, due to low ridership. [1]
Grand station may refer to: Grand station (CTA Blue Line), a Chicago 'L' station; Grand station (CTA North Side Main Line), a former Chicago Transit Authority station; Grand station (CTA Red Line), a Chicago 'L' station; Grand station (MetroLink), in St. Louis, Missouri; Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill station, a Los Angeles Metro Rail station
The Blue Line is a 26.93-mile-long (43.34 km) Chicago "L" line which runs from O'Hare International Airport at the far northwest end of the city, through downtown via the Milwaukee–Dearborn subway and across the West Side to its southwest end in Forest Park, with a total of 33 stations (11 on the Forest Park branch, 9 in the Milwaukee–Dearborn subway and 13 on the O'Hare branch).
Rapid transit stations on the Chicago "L" Station Lines Transfers Location Opened Structure 18th: Pink — Pilsen: April 28, 1896 [16] Elevated 35th–Bronzeville–IIT: Green: Metra: RI (at Jones/Bronzeville) Bronzeville: June 6, 1892 [3] Elevated 35th/Archer: Orange — McKinley Park: October 31, 1993 [7] Elevated 43rd: Green — Grand ...
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By 1898, the night hours were updated so that trains ran at 30-minute intervals on each branch, or 15 minutes on the Northwest branch. [6] Fare control was usually by a station agent posted 24 hours a day, but conductors were used instead on the Northwest branch during night and off-peak hours from 1931 to 1934, and during 1936 and 1937. [36]