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| | CTA floats Circle Line plan |
 | | The CTA is planning another "Loop," a billion-dollar-plus circular rail line that would connect to existing L and Metra routes while winding through Chicago's downtown, and neighborhoods as far away as several miles, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned. |
 | | Many details still need to be worked through, but CTA leaders are confident enough in the Circle Line concept that they said it might be among those projects for which funding is pursued next year when the federal government's main transportation funding package is revisited. |
 | | The Circle Line, when the loop is finished, would operate as an independent line, circling in both directions and serving an estimated 40,000 riders every weekday for starters. |
| www.chicago-l.org /articles/CircleLine.html (1193 words) |
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