South Boulevard (CTA station)

South Boulevard
Station statistics
Address 602 South Boulevard
Evanston, Illinois 60202
Lines
  Purple Line
Connections CTA bus
Structure Elevated
Platforms 1 Island platform
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened July 1, 1931
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Formerly Calvary Station (Replacement)
Traffic
Passengers (2010) 235,127[1]  1%
Services
Preceding station   Chicago 'L'   Following station
toward Linden
 Purple Line
toward Howard or The Loop

South Boulevard (also written as 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).

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 seen slight modifications to the since, mostly to 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

References

  1. ^ "Annual Ridership Report: Calendar Year 2010" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority. http://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/ridership_reports/2010-Annual.pdf. Retrieved January 28, 2011. 
  2. ^ "South Boulevard Station to Be Opened Today". The Evanston Review: p. 24. July 1, 1931. 
  3. ^ Bullington, Jonathan (January 25, 2011). "CTA considers chopping two Evanston stations". TribLocal Evanston. http://triblocal.com/evanston/2011/01/25/cta-considers-chopping-two-evanston-stations/. Retrieved January 26, 2011. 
  4. ^ "Environmental Impact Statement Scoping Information". North Red and Purple Modernization Project. Chicago Transit Authority. http://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/rpmproject/RPM_-_web_ScopingBook_redpurple_FTA.pdf. Retrieved January 28, 2011. 

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