Belmont (CTA Blue Line station)

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Not to be confused with Belmont station on the Brown, Red and Purple Lines.
Belmont
File:Belmont-Kimball.jpg
Location 3355 West Belmont Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60618
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Platforms 1 Island platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Subway
Depth 27 ft
Bicycle facilities Yes
History
Opened February 1, 1970
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 1,692,059[1] Decrease 1.2% (CTA)
Rank 41 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station
toward O'Hare
 Blue Line
toward Forest Park
Route map
Blue Line
north to O'Hare
Blue Line
south to Forest Park

Belmont (or Belmont/Kimball) is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Blue Line. The station is located at Belmont and Kimball Avenues in the Avondale neighborhood. From Belmont, trains run at intervals of 2–7 minutes during rush hours, and take 16 minutes to reach the Loop.[citation needed]

History

File:19700240 02 CTA Kennedy L @ Belmont Ave.jpg
The station on opening day, February 1, 1970

Belmont station opened in 1970 as part of an extension of the West-Northwest route to Jefferson Park on the Kennedy Expressway. The station is similar in design as the previous station, Logan Square, as an underground, island platform station. Unlike Logan Square, Belmont has only one exit.

Bus connections

CTA

  • #77 Belmont (Owl Service)
  • #82 Kimball/Homan
File:Belmont.jpg
Station house

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Due to possible double-counting of physically-connected stations, the CTA's official 2014 tally of stations was 145, but for ridership purposes reported having only 143 stations.

References

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