The Armitage main station entrance reopened Thursday, June 5, 2008. The newly renovated station is now accessible to customers with disabilities. The temporary station located on the south side of Armitage will close and be demolished over the next few weeks.

The Armitage station is the 10th station out of 18 to be renovated as part of the Brown Line capacity expansion project. Major improvements include longer platforms to accommodate eight-car trains, elevators and accessible turnstiles, wider stairways to improve platform access, more turnstiles to ease congestion, and additional exits and entrances to improve the flow of customer traffic.

The temporary entrance has been in place since July 2007, while CTA continued work to rebuild the Armitage station and extend platforms.

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On Monday, July 23, 2007, the Chicago Transit Authority temporarily relocated the entrance to the Armitage station on the Brown Line. The new temporary entrance is on the south side of Armitage - across the street from the previous entrance. The turnstiles, farecard vending machines and temporary customer assistant kiosk have been moved to the new temporary station entrance as well.

The temporary entrance is expected to be in place until early 2008 while CTA continues work to rebuild the Armitage station and extend platforms.

CTA’s #73 Armitage bus, which provides direct service to the Armitage station, is not affected.