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Red Line reroute ‘smooth sailing’ on Sunday, but true test comes Monday

In 17 years of riding the Red Line South to her housekeeping job downtown, Stephanie Williams can count on one hand the number of times she has been late for work. “I’m giving myself a whole bunch of grace time,” said Williams, 45, as she headed to work Sunday morning. She got a pleasant surprise: Her new route — CTA express shuttle bus from the 87th Street Red Line stop to the Garfield station on the Green Line, then a Red Line train riding on Green Line tracks to downtown — took only 10 minutes longer than her usual route.

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