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Originally Posted by Randomguy34
There are vague "future" projects the CTA has planned, like a $1.8 billion for expanding Brown Line capacity. The Brown Line was rehabbed a decade ago, so this makes me think they're considering an extension to Jefferson Park so trains can use the O'Hare branch's yards
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wouldn't a brown line extension out to jeff park cost
A LOT more than $1.8B?
we're talking about roughly 2 miles of new subway tunnel under a busy main street (lawrence), with some very complicated tie-ins with existing rail lines on both ends.
i mean, the blue line's tracks currently sit in the middle of an expressway median, there's no way that tying into that would ever be cheap.
not that i personally wouldn't
LOVE the utility of such an extension (i live a half block from the rockwell stop), but $1.8B just seems pretty low-ball on the surface of it.