CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCEThe CTA's announcement says "four fully reconstructed Red Line stations in Edgewater and Uptown will open on Sunday, July 20, 2025".[1]
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- Jul 20, 202590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Four Rebuilt Red Line Stations Open on Chicago's North Side
The Lawrence, Argyle, Berwyn and Bryn Mawr stations reopened fully accessible, with elevators and escalators at main entrances, wider platforms, translucent overhead canopies and new public artwork. They sit on 1.3 miles of new track structure, bridges and viaducts built between Lawrence and Bryn Mawr under the CTA's $2.1 billion Red and Purple Modernization Phase One project.
- Mayor Brandon Johnson announced that four fully reconstructed Red Line stations in Edgewater and Uptown - Lawrence, Argyle, Berwyn and Bryn Mawr - would open on Sunday, July 20, 2025 as part of the CTA's $2.1 billion Red and Purple Modernization Phase One Project[1]
- "The opening of four new contiguous stations marks the first time that this many stations have opened simultaneously since the Orange Line in 1993", and major project construction was to be completed that year[1]
- Station amenities: "elevators and escalators at main stationhouse entrances; wider platforms; large translucent overhead canopies for increased protection from inclement weather; platform benches; and turnstiles and Ventra fare machines"; the temporary Argyle and Bryn Mawr stations used during construction close when the new ones open[1]
- Addresses given are Lawrence at 1120 W. Lawrence Ave., Argyle at 1118 W. Argyle St., Berwyn at 1119 W. Berwyn St. and Bryn Mawr at 1116 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., with a second Bryn Mawr entrance at 1119 W. Hollywood Ave[1]
- New track, support structures, bridges and viaducts run along the 1.3-mile Lawrence to Bryn Mawr corridor, replacing century-old deteriorated structures; the new bridge design improves sightlines at cross streets "with the elimination of columns in the middle of the street" and the elevated structure is built higher to meet modern clearance standards, while a new signal system "replaces a more than 60-year-old system"[1]
- RPM Phase One construction began in 2019 and has three components: rebuilding these four stations and replacing track structure "totaling six track-miles"; the Red-Purple Bypass, completed in 2021, with reconstruction of Red and Purple Line track structure between Belmont and Newport/Cornelia; and a new signal system on 23 track miles between Howard and Belmont[1]
- CTA Acting President Nora Leerhsen: "By opening these four stations that will be accessible to customers with disabilities, we move closer to our goal of having all of our CTA stations fully accessible", thanking Senators Durbin and Duckworth and the rest of the Illinois Congressional delegation[1]
- After demolishing 1.3 miles of century-old concrete embankment wall, CTA plans 10 blocks of open space under the new tracks between Lawrence and Ardmore avenues - a pedestrian trail, dog parks, playground, fitness area, benches and flexible plaza space - with "Construction is expected to begin in 2026 and be completed in 2027"[1]
- The Red Line is CTA's busiest, providing nearly 40 million rides in 2024, and RPM overall "will rebuild the 9.6-mile stretch of Red and Purple Line track structure and stations on the North Side that are a century old"[1]
- The release does not mention the new public artwork the pin's description credits to these stations[1]
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- [1]90%transitchicago.com/mayor-johnson-announces-four-new-fully-accessible-cta-red-line-stations-will-open-july-20transitchicago.com· Posted Sep 20, 2026· Starts Jul 20, 2025 ✓· 100% of score
The CTA's announcement says "four fully reconstructed Red Line stations in Edgewater and Uptown will open on Sunday, July 20, 2025".
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