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Timeline of the Chicago īLī > 1946 - 2009

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01-01-1946: Garfield Park (Blue Line) > Inner LOOP / Wells St. Terminal - Mannheim & 22nd St.
01-01-1946: Douglas Park (Blue Line) > Inner LOOP - Wells St. Terminal - Oak Park
01-01-1946: Logan Square (Blue Line) > Inner LOOP / Wells St. Terminal - Logan Square [former station]
01-01-1946: Humbolt Park (Blue Line) > Inner LOOP / Wells St. Terminal - Lawndale
01-01-1946: Green Line > LOOP / Market St. Terminal - Forest Park
01-01-1946: Yellow Line > Howard - Dempster-Skokie
01-10-1946: Purple Line > Outer LOOP - Linden
31-07-1947: Brown Line > Outer LOOP - Kimball
27-03-1948: Yellow Line > Main, Oakton, Kostner, East Prairie, Dodge, Asbury and Ridge stations closed
04-04-1948: Green Line > Market St. Terminal - Clinton closed and Morgan, Racine, Ashland, Damen, Oakley, Capbell, Sacramento, Kostner, Menard, Lombard stations closed
29-08-1948: Humboldt Park (Blue Line) > Inner LOOP - Canal St. closed
31-07-1949: Red Line > Howard - Jackson Park / Loomis, Indiana - 42nd Place [shuttle service], Harvard - 69th St. [shuttle service], Merchandise Mart - N. Water St. Terminal closed, Roosevelt Road [closed station] - Congress St. Terminal closed and Buena, Grace, Clark, Wrightwood, Webster, Halsted, Larrabee, Schiller, Division, Oak, Roosevelt Road, 18th St., 26th St., 29th St., 31st St., Pershing Road, Princeton, Parnell stations closed
19-02-1950: Humboldt Park (Blue Line) > Wells St. Terminal - Damen service withdrawn
19-02-1951: Garfield Park (Blue Line) > Des Plaines - Mannheim & 22nd St. closed
19-02-1951: Garfield Park/Douglas Park/Logan Square (Blue Line) > Canal St. - Wells St. Terminal closed
25-02-1951: Logan Square (Blue Line) > Damen - LaSalle rerouted via Dearborn Subway and Damen - Marshfield closed (Division, Chicago, Grand, Lake St. Transfer and Madison stations closed)
25-02-1951: Green Line > Ashland station reopened and Lake St. Transfer and Ogden stations closed
05-03-1951: Green Line > Ogden station reopened
09-12-1951: Douglas Park (Blue Line) > Central Park station added
03-02-1952: Douglas Park (Blue Line) > 54th Ave. - Oak Park closed
03-05-1952: Humboldt Park (Blue Line) > Damen - Lawndale closed
04-05-1952: Douglas Park (Blue Line) > Roosevelt and Douglas Park stations closed
25-05-1952: Douglas Park (Blue Line) > 54th/Cermak station added and 54th Ave. station closed
10-06-1952: Garfield Park (Blue Line) > Sacramento station closed
14-09-1952: Garfield Park (Blue Line) > Hannah station closed
20-09-1953: Garfield Park (Blue Line) > [Aberdeen] - Sacramento rerouted via temporary trackage (westbound) (Lombard, Home, Kilburn and Garfield Park stations closed) and Des Plaines station moved
27-09-1953: Garfield Park (Blue Line) > [Aberdeen] - Sacramento rerouted via temporary trackage (eastbound) (California, Western, Hoyne, Ogden, Marshfield and Racine stations closed)
04-04-1954: Douglas Park (Blue Line) > (54th/Cermak) - Polk - Ashland [reopened section] - (LOOP) rerouted to Loop via former Logan Square alignment and Lake St. and Polk - LOOP service withdawn
04-04-1954: Green Line > Ogden station closed
29-08-1954: Garfield Park (Blue Line) > (Central) - Lombard rerouted via temporary trackage (Central and Austin stations closed)
11-10-1955: Garfield Park (Blue Line) > [Aberdeen] - LOOP rerouted via temporary trackage (Franklin St. station closed)
18-03-1956: Green Line > Hamlin station closed
08-07-1956: Garfield Park (Blue Line) > Central [former provisional station] station added
15-07-1956: Garfield Park (Blue Line) > Central [old provisional station] station added and Central [former provisional station] station closed
19-05-1957: Douglas Park (Blue Line) > Wood station closed
06-09-1957: Garfield Park (Blue Line) > Austin - Oak Park [closed station] rerouted via temporary trackage (westbound) (Oak Park and Ridgeland provisional stations added)
17-09-1957: Garfield Park (Blue Line) > Austin - Oak Park [closed station] rerouted via temporary trackage (eastbound) (Oak Park and Gunderson stations closed)
17-10-1957: Garfield Park (Blue Line) > Des Plaines [provisional station] station added
27-11-1957: Garfield Park (Blue Line) > Kenilworth - Beloit rerouted via temporay trackage (westbound) (Harlem provisional station added)
11-12-1957: Garfield Park (Blue Line) > Kenilworth - Beloit rerouted via temporay trackage (eastbound) (Harlem station closed)
27-04-1958: Garfield Park (Blue Line) > Des Plaines [permanent trackage]
22-06-1958: Blue Line > (Logan Square [former station]) - LaSalle - Cicero - (Des Plaines) and Central - LOOP [old alignment] closed (Canal St., Halsted, Kedzie, St. Louis, Pulaski, Tripp, Cicero and Laramie stations closed) / (54th/Cermak) and Polk - Ashland - (LOOP) service withdrawn (Clinton/Lake and Halsted/Lake stations closed)
26-07-1959: Blue Line > Des Plaines (later: Forest Park) station added and Des Plaines [provisional station] station closed
16-10-1959: Blue Line > [Parkside] - [Pine] rerouted via permanent trackage (eastbound) (Central [new provisional station] station added)
19-10-1959: Blue Line > [Parkside] - [Pine] rerouted via permanent trackage (westbound) (Central [old provisional station] station closed)
19-03-1960: Blue Line > [Parkside] - Forest Park rerouted via permanet trackage (eastbound) (Harlem [provisional station], Austin [provisional station] and Oak Park stations added)
20-03-1960: Blue Line > [Parkside] - Forest Park rerouted via permanent trackage (westbound) (Harlem, Oak Park [provisional station], Ridgeland [provisional station] and Austin [provisional station] stations closed)
29-07-1960: Blue Line > Harlem station added and Harlem [provisional station] station closed
10-10-1960: Blue Line > Central station added
11-10-1960: Blue Line > Central [new provisional station] station closed
27-12-1960: Blue Line > Austin station added and Austin [provisional station] station closed
05-08-1962: Blue Line > Kostner [former station] station added
28-10-1962: Green Line > Laramie - Harlem [elevated section] and Laramie - Forest Park [ground-level section] closed
28-09-1969: Green Line > LOOP - 95th/Dan Ryan
29-09-1969: Purple Line > rerouted via Inner LOOP
15-01-1950: Brown Line > rerouted via Inner LOOP
04-05-1952: Red Line > Wallace station closed
29-01-1954: Red Line > Harvard - 69th St. closed
07-10-1957: Red Line > Indiana - Stock Yards LOOP closed
01-12-1957: Red Line > Indiana - 42nd Place closed
06-05-1969: Red Line > Racine - Ashland (later: Ashland/63rd) and Loomis station closed
29-09-1969: Brown Line > rerouted via Outer LOOP
29-09-1969: LOOP Shuttle > Inner LOOP
01-02-1970: Blue Line > Logan Square - Jefferson Park and Logan Square [former station] station closed
20-09-1970: Brown Line/Purple Line > Grand station closed
13-01-1973: Brown Line/Purple Line > Sedgwick station closed
13-01-1973: Red Line > Dorchester station closed
23-04-1973: Brown Line/Purple Line > Sedgwick station reopened
16-07-1973: Purple Line > Isabella station closed
02-09-1973: Blue Line > California, Kostner [former station], Central [Congress Service] and 50th Ave. [Douglas Service] stations closed
02-09-1973: Brown Line > Paulina station closed
02-09-1973: Red Line > State station closed
17-10-1973: Brown Line > Paulina station reopened
06-01-1974: Blue Line > 50th Ave. station reopened
04-09-1974: Brown Line/Green Line/LOOP Shuttle/Purple Line > State/Van Buren station closed
09-09-1977: Red Line > Cermak station closed
30-09-1977: LOOP Shuttle > Inner LOOP service withdrawn
18-01-1978: Blue Line > Cicero [Douglas Service] station moved and 50th Ave. station closed
04-03-1982: Red Line > 61st St. - Jackson Park service withdrawn
12-12-1982: Red Line > 61st St. - University service restored
27-02-1983: Blue Line > Jefferson Park - River Road (later: Rosemont)
03-09-1984: Blue Line > Rosemont - O'Hare
09-02-1992: Blue Line > Laramie and Grand stations closed
09-02-1992: Green Line > California station closed
09-02-1992: Red Line > Wentworth and Harvard stations closed
21-02-1993: Green Line > Roosevelt (not yet opened) - Cottage Grove / Ashland/63rd rerouted and Roosevelt - 95th/Dan Ryan service withdrawn
21-02-1993: Red Line > Roosevelt - 95th/Dan Ryan rerouted and Roosevelt (not yet opened) - Cottage Grove / Ashland/63rd service withdrawn
31-10-1993: Orange Line > LOOP - Midway
01-11-1993: Green Line/Orange Line > Roosevelt station added
08-01-1994: Green Line > Harlem - Cottage Grove / Ashland/63rd service withdrawn (Laramie, 58th Ave., Racine and 61st St. stations closed permanently)
30-01-1994: Orange Line > Madison/Wells station closed
17-07-1995: Brown Line/Orange Line/Purple Line > Washington/Wells station added and Randolph/Wells station closed
12-05-1996: Green Line > Harlem - Cottage Grove / Ashland/63rd service restored
02-02-1997: Green Line > Laramie station reopened
22-06-1997: Brown Line/Orange Line/Purple Line > Harold Washington Library station added
25-06-1999: Blue Line > Grand station reopened
30-06-2001: Green Line > Conservatory-Central Park Drive station added
25-02-2002: Blue Line > 54th/Cermak station closed and Laramie station reopened
17-06-2002: Blue Line > Pulaski [Douglas Service] and Kildare stations closed and Pulaski/Kildare [provisional station] station added
12-08-2002: Blue Line > Central Park and Kedzie stations closed and Central Park/Kedzie [provisional station] station added
14-10-2002: Blue Line > California station closed and California [provisional station] station added
02-12-2002: Blue Line > Western [Douglas Service] and Hoyne stations closed and Western/Hoyne [provisional station] station added
17-07-2003: Blue Line > Kostner station added
18-08-2003: Blue Line > 54/Cermak station reopened and Laramie station closed
13-01-2004: Blue Line > Pulaski station reopened and Pulaski/Kildare [provisional station] closed
29-01-2004: Blue Line > Central Park station reopened
29-03-2004: Blue Line > Kedzie station reopened and Central Park/Kedzie [provisional station] closed
04-06-2004: Blue Line > Western [Douglas Service] station reopened
22-07-2004: Blue Line > California station reopened and California [provisional station] and Western/Hoyne [provisional station] stations closed
25-06-2006: Pink Line > (Inner LOOP) - Ashland - Polk - (54th/Cermak)
25-04-2008: Blue Line > Racine - 54th/Cermak service withdrawn
30-04-2012: Yellow Line > Oakton-Skokie station added
18-05-2012: Green Line/Pink Line > Morgan station added
08-02-2015: Green Line > Cermak-McCormick Place station added









 


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