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Diversey
' Chicago-"L".org (URL accessed October 8, 2006). From the late 1940s Diversey became a station on the Ravenswood route (now the Brown Line). Purple Line express trains began stopping at the station in 1998 as part of an effort to help alleviate congestion on the Brown Line.
Diversey was reconstructed and renovated as part of the Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project.
' CTA ''Countdown To A New Brown'' website (URL accessed October 8, 2006). The new station is located on the south side of Diversey Parkway, and the current location (the north side) was preserved and restored (the future use of the restored original station building is currently unknown). An auxiliary exit is located next door to the original building. It features extended platforms capable of berthing eight railcars, and elevators to meet ADA accessibility requirements. It also retains many of its historic elements. On June 25, 2007, the station closed for reconstruction. The station reopened with a temporary entrance (located next door to the original entrance) on March 30, 2008. The new permanent station entrance opened on August 4, 2008.
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Train schedule (PDF)
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CTA official siteDiversey Parkway entrance from Google Maps Street View
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Brown Line; Purple Line express trains also stop at the station during weekday rush hours. It is an elevated station with two side platforms, located in the Lincoln Park
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neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Red Line trains pass through the station on the middle tracks, but do not stop.
History
Diversey station opened on June 9, 1900, as a local station on the original Northwestern Elevated Railroad route from Lake and Wells in downtown to Wilson Station.Diversey
' Chicago-"L".org (URL accessed October 8, 2006). From the late 1940s Diversey became a station on the Ravenswood route (now the Brown Line). Purple Line express trains began stopping at the station in 1998 as part of an effort to help alleviate congestion on the Brown Line.
Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project
Diversey was reconstructed and renovated as part of the Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project.' CTA ''Countdown To A New Brown'' website (URL accessed October 8, 2006). The new station is located on the south side of Diversey Parkway, and the current location (the north side) was preserved and restored (the future use of the restored original station building is currently unknown). An auxiliary exit is located next door to the original building. It features extended platforms capable of berthing eight railcars, and elevators to meet ADA accessibility requirements. It also retains many of its historic elements. On June 25, 2007, the station closed for reconstruction. The station reopened with a temporary entrance (located next door to the original entrance) on March 30, 2008. The new permanent station entrance opened on August 4, 2008.
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Legislation
*Children's Television Act, American legislation passed in 1990 that enforces a certain degree of educational television
*Counter-Terrorism Act 2008
*Criminal Tribes Act, British legislation in India passed in 1871 wh ...
* Notes and references
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External links
Train schedule (PDF)
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CTA official site
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