by EJ&ESDM809
Naperville will be getting new platforms, construction is expected to begin April 11th. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/2011 ... 703299972/
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lstone19 wrote:For the period 10/31 through 11/3, CUS-N tracks 3 and 5 will be out of service (Metra had flyers about this out at Union Station tonight - I assume this is for the next phase of the Madison Street viaduct reconstruction - a previous phase had track 7 closed for a week earlier in the month). For the most part, this appears to be their "standard" seven (instead of eight) track plan which tightens the turns (moves in from the yard come a little later than normal) with the interesting addition of having MD-N train 2137 at 5:15 departing from Track 21. I will be interested to see how Track 21 works since unless I'm missing something, there's no platform with, I assume, all boarding being through a single train door adjacent to the concourse. It also involves crossing Track 19.For completeness and to correct my bad assumption, I did get to take a look at this one of the two days they did send 2137 off Track 21 (of course 11/3, the day of the CN Spaulding derailment, there was no need with half the rush-hour West trains cancelled). It was a single-door boarding via the door at the east end of the north concourse but there was no need to cross a track as 19 and 21 merge into a single track just north of the concourse. So much more workable than I first thought.