Belmont station (CTA Blue Line)

Belmont
Location	3355 West Belmont Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60618
Coordinates	41°56′21″N 87°42′42″W / 41.939274°N 87.711684°WCoordinates: 41°56′21″N 87°42′42″W / 41.939274°N 87.711684°W
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Blue Line
Platforms	1 Island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Subway
Depth	27 ft
Bicycle facilities	Yes
History
Opened	February 1, 1970
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,777,563[1]  5.1% (CTA)
Rank	37 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station Addison toward O'Hare Blue Line O'Hare Branch Logan Square toward Forest Park
Route map Legend 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.

History

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

Station house

Notes and references

Notes

1. Due to possible double-counting of physically-connected stations, the CTA's official 2015 tally of stations was 146, but for ridership purposes reported having only 143 stations.

References

1. "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2015" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 11, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2016.

External links

• Belmont (O'Hare Line) Station Page
• Belmont Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View