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Belmont station (CTA Blue Line)

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Chicago "L" station This article is about the Blue Line station. Not to be confused with the Belmont station on the Red, Brown, and Purple Lines. For other stations called Belmont, see Belmont railway station.
Belmont 3200N
3400W
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
General information
Location3355 West Belmont Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60618
Coordinates41°56′21″N 87°42′45″W / 41.939274°N 87.7125°W / 41.939274; -87.7125
Owned byChicago Transit Authority
Line(s)Kimball Subway (O'Hare Branch)
Platforms1 Island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeSubway
Depth27 ft (8.2 m)
Bicycle facilitiesYes
History
OpenedFebruary 1, 1970; 54 years ago (1970-02-01)
Rebuilt2017–2019; 6 years ago (2019)
Passengers
2022826,171 Increase 31.1%
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Addisontoward O'Hare Blue Line Logan Squaretoward Forest Park
Track layout
Legend
Blue to O'Hare
Blue to Forest Park
Location

Belmont is an 'L' station on the CTA's 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.

History

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Former station house, March 2009

Belmont station opened in 1970 as part of an extension of the West-Northwest route to Jefferson Park in the median of 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.

Belmont Blue Gateway Project

The $17 million project began in 2017 and was completed on March 29, 2019, with additional work continuing on the station's platform until August 30, 2019.

Bus connections

CTA

  • 77 Belmont (Owl Service)
  • 82 Kimball-Homan
The Belmont station house in 2024

References

  1. "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2022" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. February 2, 2023. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  2. "Work on the CTA's 'Belmont Gateway' Blue Line station presses ahead". 17 September 2018.
  3. "Now open: Belmont Gateway's dramatic canopy inspired by Avondale's lost waterfall". 29 March 2019.
  4. "New $17 Million Blue Line Belmont Station Finished". 29 March 2019.

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Current Chicago "L" stations
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