South Boulevard station

South Boulevard
Location	602 South Boulevard Evanston, Illinois 60202
Coordinates	42°01′41″N 87°40′45″W / 42.02792°N 87.67919°W
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Purple Line
Platforms	1 Island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	CTA bus
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	July 1, 1931
Previous names	Calvary Station (Replacement)
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	254,618[1]  1.8%
Rank	139 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station Main toward Linden Purple Line Howard toward Howard or The Loop
Route map Legend Purple Line north to Linden Team track lead South Blvd. Purple Line south to Howard or Loop

South Boulevard (shortened to South Blvd) is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, on the Purple Line at 602 South Boulevard in Evanston, Illinois (directional coordinates 525 north, 500 west).

In 1931, the old Calvary station was replaced by South Boulevard and it was opened on July 1, 1931. Designed by Arthur U. Gerber, South Boulevard consists of a winding central platform to the shape of the street that overlooks. It is now very similar to the original station, only catenary maintained by steel arches disappeared in 1973 during the installation of an electric rail to the ground while the lighting was renewed in 1998. For the rest, except for renovation from 2004 to 2005, the structure has not changed.

History

The current station has been in place since July 1, 1931, when it replaced the Calvary Cemetery stop to the south,^[2] to better serve the developing residential area directly to the north of the cemetery. The station has only received little renovation since then, like new lighting and signage.

The closure of the South Boulevard station (along with Foster) appeared as part of three of the CTA's six potential options for the renovation of the Purple Line and northern section of the Red Line.^[3][4]

Bus connections

CTA

• 205 Chicago/Golf

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 23, 2016.
2. "South Boulevard Station to Be Opened Today". The Evanston Review. July 1, 1931. p. 24.
3. Bullington, Jonathan (January 25, 2011). "CTA considers chopping two Evanston stations". TribLocal Evanston. Retrieved January 26, 2011.
4. "Environmental Impact Statement Scoping Information" (PDF). North Red and Purple Modernization Project. Chicago Transit Authority. Retrieved January 28, 2011.

External links

• Train schedule (PDF) at CTA official site
• South Boulevard Station Page at Chicago-L.Org
• South Boulevard Station Page CTA official site
• South Boulevard entrance from Google Maps Street View