CTA to open new elevators at Brown Line Belmont, Fullerton Stations

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The newly installed elevators at CTA's Belmont and Fullerton stations will soon be available for customers' use by the end of 2009. The elevator at Belmont will go into service on Tuesday, December 29 and the one at Fullerton will begin operation on Thursday, December 31.

"CTA continues its efforts
to make its system easier to navigate for everyone who uses buses and trains to
travel throughout the CTA service area," said CTA President Richard L.
Rodriguez. "Modernizing the system and making it accessible to customers with
disabilities makes CTA a viable and convenient travel option for customers now
and in the future."

With the elevators at
Belmont and Fullerton, a total of 91 out of the 144 CTA rail stations will be
accessible to customers with disabilities. All CTA buses and trains are
accessible.

The elevators at Belmont
and Fullerton were installed as part of the CTA’s larger $530 -million Brown
Line capacity expansion project, which is designed to increase capacity and
accessibility and bring 18 stations along the line to a state of good repair.

Belmont and Fullerton are
the last of 18 stations renovated through the project. The two stations have
remained open during construction and they are scheduled to be fully complete
by the end of 2009.

Renovations at the Brown
Line Belmont and Fullerton stations include brighter lighting, tactile edging,
Braille signs and wheelchair accessible turnstiles, an upgraded public address
system and expanded platforms.

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