Montrose (CTA Blue Line station)

Montrose
Location 4600 West Montrose Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60641
Coordinates 41°57′42″N 87°44′37″W / 41.961539°N 87.743574°W
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)
Platforms 1 Island platform
Tracks 2
Connections
  Milwaukee District North

CTA Bus

Construction
Structure type Surface Level
Bicycle facilities Yes
History
Opened February 1, 1970
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 768,880[1] Increase 3.7% (CTA)
Rank 89 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station
toward O'Hare
Blue Line
O'Hare Branch
toward Forest Park
Metra
toward Fox Lake
Milwaukee District North
Transfer at: Mayfair
Route map
Legend

Kennedy Expressway I-90

Edens Expressway I-94

Blue Line
northwest to O'Hare

Kennedy Expressway
Reversible lanes
Montrose Ave.

Blue Line
southeast to Forest Park

Montrose is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Blue Line. The station serves the Irving Park and Portage Park neighborhoods. Blue Line trains run at intervals of 2-7 minutes during rush hour, and take 22 minutes to travel to the Loop. The station opened in 1970 as part of the Kennedy extension, connecting the Milwaukee Elevated from Logan Square to Jefferson Park.

A transfer is available to Metra's Milwaukee District North Line's Mayfair stop, just to the west of the station.

Bus and rail connections

Metra

CTA

Montrose station in 2003
Montrose station in 2009

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Due to possible double-counting of physically-connected stations, the CTA's official 2014 tally of stations was 145, but for ridership purposes reported having only 143 stations.

References

  1. ↑ "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2014" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority Ridership Analysis and Reporting. March 5, 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.

External links

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