If you were one of the many festival-goers this past weekend and were completely shocked that the Red Line wasn’t working, you weren’t alone.
In addition to the Cubs game, there was Pokémon Go Fest, Ribfest, Greek Fest, and more—and many of us had to find alternative routes to these events when we encountered closed Red Line subway stations.
Unfortunately, if you thought it was over, we have some bad news. Red Line trains will not stop at subway stations for the third weekend in a row due to maintenance work, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Chicago’s Red Line will shut down subway stops this Friday night again
During the weekend of June 12-14, from 10 p.m. Friday until 4 a.m. Monday, Red Line trains traveling both north and south will be rerouted to the elevated train tracks between the Fullerton and Cermak-Chinatown stations. This means that Red Line trains will not stop at the following stations: North/Clybourn, Clark/Division, Chicago, Grand, Lake, Monroe, Jackson, Harrison, and Roosevelt.
Instead, Red Line trains will make stops along the elevated tracks from the Armitage Brown Line station to the elevated Roosevelt Orange and Green Line station, including stops at elevated Loop stations. A map of the detour is available on the CTA’s website.
Additionally, free shuttle buses will operate between Fullerton and Clark/Lake in both directions.
