The Paulina
Brown Line station reopened to customers on Friday, April
3, 2009. The
station was temporarily closed for construction for
one year as part of the capacity expansion project
on the Brown Line.
A new stationhouse was built across the street from
the site of the old stationhouse. The
new stationhouse, located at 3410 N. Lincoln, features two new elevators making
the station accessible to customers with disabilities. With the reopening
of Paulina, 88 out of 144 CTA rail stations are accessible. An auxiliary
entrance/exit is located at the site of the old stationhouse for added customer
convenience.
The platforms at the station were reconfigured to
accommodate eight-car trains which allow more customers
to board. Other amenities include accessible turnstiles,
brighter lighting, new signs - including Braille signs
- and a bike rack.
Paulina is the fifteenth of 18 stations included in
the Brown Line capacity expansion project to be completed. To
date, work also has been completed at Kimball, Kedzie,
Rockwell, Francisco, Western, Sedgwick, Montrose, Addison,
Southport, Armitage, Diversey, Chicago, Damen and Irving
Park. The only station now closed for construction
is Wellington, which will reopen to customers at the
end of the summer. Although construction remains
underway at Belmont and Fullerton, service continues
to operate at both stations.
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