The CTA Is Revamping 2 More Train Stations: Quincy & The Green Line's Cottage Grove Stop

By Rachel Cromidas in News on Apr 24, 2017 8:12PM

Besides revamping the much-maligned Wilson Station, building a new Loop "superstation" and extending the Red Line to 130th Street, the CTA now has two more projects in the works: the revamping of the historic Quincy Station in the Loop, and a makeover for the Green Line's Cottage Grove station.

The 120-year-old Quincy station has been in sore need of restoration, and this year it's finally getting it: the reconstruction project will make the station wheelchair accessible, with the help of two new elevators for the inbound and outbound platforms. CTA President Dorval R. Carter promised in a press release last week that the station will "serve 21st century riders while retaining its unique historical charm."

The Cottage Grove Green Line station will likely be getting an even bigger makeover, according to an announcement from the city Monday. Conceptual plans for the station makeover include changing the stairs and adding new canopies over the platform to make the station more user-friendly. The CTA may also add new architectural elements that are still TBD. The Woodlawn station is near the future home of the Obama Presidential Center and Library, and a 70-unit residential and commercial building that has yet to be built.

The Cottage Grove station is one of the city's older CTA stops, dating back to the city's first elevated rail line: the South Side "L" that ran south and east to the World's Fair in 1893. The station was last rebuilt in 1991.