ALL:
Why did the CTA close several stations (Central, Kostner, and California) on the Forest Park Line? Have other stations been closed as well?
Ed Burns, Happily retired NP-BN-BSF from Minneapolis,
The simple answer was patronage. All of the affected stations were poor performers from the beginning. 1970s urban "renewal" affected ridership heavily on the Congress/Blue line. Original station spacing was also based on pre-1953 patronage, a lot of which did not return due to the massive disruption caused by building the Congress (now Eisenhower) expressway.
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