the Garfield Line was rerouted onto temporary street-level trackage between Sacramento and Aberdeen Avenue. The difficulties resulting from this construction activity caused the CA&E to cease operations east of Desplaines, requiring its passengers to transfer to CTA trains at Desplaines. The CA&E would shut down altogether on July 3, 1957. This also resulted in the restriction of service of and to Douglas Park trains, and non-stop service between Kedzie and Halsted. It also led to the discontinuation of skip-stop service on the line, with all trains resuming making stops at all stations. Originally applying only to westbound trains, these changes applied to eastbound trains starting one week later. Racine and Marshfield both closed to Douglas Park trains in 1954. station and the Wells Street Terminal closed in 1955; trains on the line entered the Loop from a specially-constructed track just south of Quincy station after this point. The Garfield Line closed on June 22, 1958, upon the opening of the Congress branch. The Congress branch was noted as the world's first rapid transit in the median of an expressway, a claim that it disputes with the Cahuenga Parkway in Los Angeles. The Congress branch's time between Forest Park and downtown was 17 minutes faster than the equivalent distance on the old Garfield Line. On the Congress branch, Halsted (now ) and Racine were explicitly designed to replace their respective stations on the Garfield Line. In addition, replaced three stations on the Garfield Line, including Marshfield, and Racine has an entrance on Loomis Street one block east of Laflin. Notes References Works cited Chicago Transit Authority Railway lines in Chicago Railway lines opened in 1895 Railway lines closed in 1958