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The first section of the South Shore line, under construction since 1966, opened on September 1, 1971, branching from the original Red Line at a flying junction north of Columbia (now JFK/UMass). It ran along the west side of the Old Colony rail right-of-way (which has since been reduced to one track), crossing to the east side north of Savin Hill.
The South Shore Line (reporting mark NICD) is an electrically powered interurban commuter rail line operated by the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD) between Millennium Station in downtown Chicago, Illinois and the South Bend International Airport in South Bend, Indiana, United States. The name refers to both the ...
The line was intended to be completed to Braintree by May 1969. [10] [14] Although the South Shore Line was planned to extend to Braintree and possibly even to Holbrook or Brockton, it was temporarily terminated at Quincy Center due to disagreements about station locations and other issues. [15]
The Federal Transit Administration has committed $1.97 billion to extend the CTA Red Line south to 130th Street, a key source of funding that will allow the long-awaited project to move forward.
An idea first floated more than 50 years ago to extend the Chicago Transit Authority's Red Line to the Far South Side is closer to becoming a reality with nearly $2B in federal funding now secured.
The newest line the Pink Line, which opened on June 25, 2006 was created by rerouting the Blue Line's Douglas branch into a separate service. [ 8 ] As of August 2024 [update] , the system has 146 stations on eight lines operating on 224.1 miles (360.7 km) of track. [ 1 ]
The South Shore Line is a commuter rail line from Chicago to South Bend, Indiana. South Shore Line may also refer to: Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad, commonly referred to as South Shore Line, a freight rail company operating on the commuter rail line; South Shore Line, the original name of the Braintree Branch of the MBTA Red Line ...
The Red Line is a rapid transit line in Chicago, run by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) as part of the Chicago "L" system. It is the busiest line on the "L" system, with an average of 108,303 passengers boarding each weekday in 2023 [1] The route is 26 miles (42 km) long with a total of 33 stations.