Belmont (CTA Blue Line station)

You may also be looking for the Belmont station on the Brown Line, Red Line, and Purple Line.
Belmont
Station statistics
Address 3355 West Belmont Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60618
Lines
  Blue Line
Structure Subway
Platforms 1 Island platform
Tracks 2
Bicycle facilities Yes
Other information
Opened February 1, 1970
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Traffic
Passengers (2009) 1,359,557[1]  3.6% (CTA)
Services
Preceding station   Chicago 'L'   Following station
toward O'Hare
 Blue Line

Belmont is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Blue Line. From Belmont, trains run at intervals of 2–7 minutes during rush-hour periods, and take 16 minutes to reach the Loop.

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History

Belmont station opened in 1970 as part of an extension of the Blue line 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

References

  1. ^ "Rail Ridership by Branch and Entrance: December 2009" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority. http://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/ridership_reports/2009-12.pdf. Retrieved 2010-04-25. 

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