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Chicago Transit -> CTA -> The Loop
Tower 18

The Loop

The busiest railroad junction in the World. This elevated at-grade junction is 3/4 of a Grand Union over Lake & Wells. The only leg not joined is from west to north. Service at the junction is as follows

	East & West bound Green Line train continue straight down Lake.
	Orange Line trains curve from south Wells onto east Lake.
	Southbound Brown Line trains continue straight down Wells
	Northbound Brown Line trains curve from east Lake to north Wells.
	Southbound Purple Line trains curve from north Wells onto east Lake St.
	Northbound Purple Line trains continue straight north Wells.
	NEW: Eastbound Pink trains continue east remaining on Lake.
	NEW: Westbound Pink trains operate north on Wells, turning west onto Lake.

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A Brown Line train seen squealing off the Loop and onto the North bound right-of-way. (12/97)	This outbound Lake St. (Green Line) train is banging the diamonds at Tower 18. (12/97)
View of the tower from the street (4/23/04)	Another view of the tower from a different direction. (4/23/04)
The flat junction looking north as viewed from a front of a train. (4/24/04)	A Brown Line train has just went through this busy junction. (4/23/04)

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Chicago Transit -> CTA -> The Loop Tower 18

Chicago Transit -> CTA -> The Loop
Tower 18