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===Canceled projects=== ====Additional infill station==== Upon the successful reopening of the Oakton station, it was determined that stations at Dodge, [[Asbury station|Asbury]] or Ridge in southern Evanston could be built or rebuilt and added to the Yellow Line as well.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bullington |first=Jonathan |date=September 15, 2011 |title=New Yellow Line CTA stops up for discussion |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2011/09/15/new-yellow-line-cta-stops-up-for-discussion/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916053519/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-09-15/news/chi-new-yellow-line-cta-stops-up-for-discussion-20110915_1_station-dodge-avenue-evanston |archive-date=2017-09-16 |url-status=live |work=Chicago Tribune}}</ref> In 2012, a local study found Asbury to be the most feasible of the three potential southern Evanston Yellow Line stations.<ref name="articles.chicagotribune.com">{{Cite news |last=Bullington |first=Jonathan |date=April 16, 2012 |title=Site for new Evanston stop on CTA's Yellow Line faces funding hurdle |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/04/16/site-for-new-evanston-stop-on-ctas-yellow-line-faces-funding-hurdle/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828153352/http://articles.chicagotribune.com:80/2012-04-16/news/ct-met-evanston-yellow-line-20120416_1_cta-s-yellow-line-new-station-funding-hurdle |archive-date=2018-08-28 |url-status=live |work=Chicago Tribune}}</ref> {{As of|2019}}, the CTA website does not indicate that the Asbury project is being considered.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Planning & Expansion Projects |url=https://www.transitchicago.com/planning/ |website=CTA |language=en}}</ref> ====Extension to Old Orchard==== In 2006, the [[Chicago Transit Authority]] was reviewing plans to extend the Yellow Line north from the current end-of-line terminal at Dempster–Skokie to a new end-of-line terminal at [[Westfield Old Orchard|Old Orchard Mall]], a distance of about {{convert|1.5|mi|km}}. After August 2008, two corridors remained for further study, the alignment along the Union Pacific Railroad (bus and heavy rail) as well as a combined track along Gross Point Road and Skokie Blvd (bus only).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yellow Line Extension Alternatives Analysis Study |url=http://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/alternatives_analysis/yellowpubpres200808.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607005047/http://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/alternatives_analysis/yellowpubpres200808.pdf |archive-date=2011-06-07}}</ref> {{As of|2009|04|30}}, the two corridors have been narrowed down to one option β an elevated [[single track (rail)|single track]] rail corridor that will follow the Union Pacific Railroad right of way. Under the most recent version of the plan, the Old Orchard terminal would be elevated. {{As of|2010}}, the CTA is no longer studying the extension.<ref name="Yellow Line Extension" />
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