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Ruggles Station Improvements Phase I 100% Complete

Updated on December 23, 2021

A passenger exits elevator 849 onto the platform between tracks 1 and 3 at Ruggles station. This elevator takes riders from the lobby to the Commuter Rail tracks, which are shown to the left and right of the elevator.

In December 2021, we replaced two elevators in Ruggles station: elevator 848 to the lower busway, and elevator 849, which links the station’s lobby with the Commuter Rail platform serving tracks 1 and 3. Now that we've completed the final elevator improvements, Phase I of the Ruggles Station Improvements project is complete.

What We Accomplished

We upgraded or replaced five elevators at Ruggles station:

  • Lower busway (elevator 728) 
  • Lower busway (elevator 848) 
  • Commuter Rail (elevator 849) 
  • Orange Line (elevator 850) 
  • Forsyth Street (elevator 851)

As part of this project, we also built a new Commuter Rail platform, which opened in April 2021. 

These improvements make it easier for riders to transfer between lines and improve accessibility at Ruggles station.

Learn more about the Ruggles Station Improvements project

Building a Better T

As part of our $9.6 billion, 5-year capital investment plan, we're renovating stations, modernizing fare collection systems, upgrading services for our buses, subways, and ferries, and improving the accessibility of the entire system.

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Photo Gallery

The newly reopened elevator 849 is shown closed, light streaming through its translucent doors. The elevator is on the center of the Commuter Rail platform at Ruggles station. A passenger can be seen boarding a Commuter Rail train at the right side of the platform.

Elevator 849 is one of two elevators to reopen at Ruggles station in December 2021

A passenger enters elevator 849 from the lobby at Ruggles station. This elevator takes riders down to Commuter Rail tracks 1 and 3.

A passenger enters elevator 849 from the lobby of Ruggles station (December 2021)

A passenger exits elevator 849 onto the platform between tracks 1 and 3 at Ruggles station. This elevator takes riders from the lobby to the Commuter Rail tracks, which are shown to the left and right of the elevator.

A passenger exits elevator 849 between Commuter Rail tracks 1 and 3 (December 2021)

The Ruggles 848 elevator is is at right with the doors closed and the light showing through the windows in the doors. The lower busway is seen at left down a stairway, and over a half-height tiled wall to the right of the elevator. The sign over the elevator says ELEVATOR BUSWAY.

Elevator 848 at Ruggles station (December 2021) 

A rider enters Elevator 848 at right, and the stairs down to the lower busway appear at left

A rider enters elevator 848 at the Ruggles station lobby (December 2021) 

Elevator 848 is open and lit from inside, and a passenger is inside at the far end of the pass-through elevator, ready to be taken down to the lower busway. Stairs down are visible at right, and the busway can be seen at right.

Elevator 848 carries a rider from the Ruggles station lobby to the lower busway (December 2021) 

The new Elevator 848 is shown at center with the sidewalk to the lower left and a covered passage crossing over the busway at the upper left. The lower third of the photo is sidewalk.

Elevator 848 leads from the Ruggles lower busway to the station lobby (December 2021) 

Elevator 848 is open at right and viewed from an angle to the right of the elevator facing toward the left. A bus can be seen parked on the lower busway across the street at the left edge. The skylights covering the busway can be seen at the upper left.

A view inside elevator 848 from the Ruggles lower busway sidewalk (December 2021) 

A bus is shown on the busway at left, and new Elevator 848 appears at right. Its glass doors are closed and light shows through the doors

Elevator 848 and the lower busway at Ruggles (December 2021)

Several people are on the widewalk next to the busway at left, and one of them is running up behind another person near the busway entrance to Elevator 848, which is closed and lit from within at right.

A rider in a hurry to take elevator 848 up to the lobby from the Ruggles lower busway (December 2021)

Building a Better T

As part of our $9.6 billion, 5-year capital investment plan, we're renovating stations, modernizing fare collection systems, upgrading services for our buses, subways, and ferries, and improving the accessibility of the entire system.

Learn more

Related Projects

Ruggles Station Improvements

 Computer rendering of new Columbus Ave entrance at Ruggles Station, aerial viewpoint

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A new Commuter Rail platform and updated busway ease congestion along the Commuter Rail and make Orange Line transfers easier.

View all projects