Editing Brown Line (CTA) (section)

===Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project===
[[File:Rockwell CTA 060820.jpg|thumb|The new Rockwell Station opened in August 2006.]]
The Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project which ran from 2004 to 2009 was undertaken to repair aging infrastructure and increase passenger capacity.<ref>[http://ctabrownline.com/capacity.html Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project]. ctabrownline.com</ref> Work on the project began in late 2004 with signal upgrades, particularly at [[Clark station (CTA)|Clark Junction]].<ref>{{cite web |author1=Chicago Transit Authority |title=Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project March 8, 2006 |url=http://ctabrownline.com/pdfs/communitymeeting_3-8-06.pdf |access-date=26 May 2023 |date=8 March 2006}}</ref> In February 2006, station reconstruction began with right-of-way modernization between Kimball and Rockwell Avenue. Traction power equipment and train control systems were upgraded and a new fiber optic communication network installed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicago-l.org/operations/lines/brown.html|title=Chicago ''L''.org: Operations - Lines -> Brown Line}}</ref>

Brown Line stations were rebuilt or modified meet ADA compliance and to accommodate eight-car trains, increasing from the previous maximum of six-cars. [[Merchandise Mart (CTA station)|Merchandise Mart]] was the only station not to receive any work as it had previously been reconstructed from 1987 to 1988, and was already ADA compliant and able to accommodate eight-car trains. Two stations, [[Kimball (CTA station)|Kimball]] and [[Western (CTA Brown Line station)|Western]], received small platform extensions but little other work, and the other 16 stations were completely rebuilt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicago-l.org/operations/lines/brown.html|title=Chicago ''L''.org: Operations - Lines -> Brown Line}}</ref>

The first two stations to be completed, [[Kedzie (CTA Brown Line station)|Kedzie]] and [[Rockwell (CTA station)|Rockwell]], reopened on August 16, 2006,<ref>[http://ctabrownline.com/rockwell.html Rockwell station], ctabrownline.com</ref> and all of the stations had reopened by July 30, 2009, when the new Wellington station entered service.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.transitchicago.com/news/default.aspx?Month=&Year=&Category=2&ArticleId=2437|title = News/Informational articles}}</ref> The project was completed on December 31, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctabrownline.com|title=Countdown To A New Brown - The Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project}}</ref>