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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Belmont (CTA Blue Line Station)

Belmont is an 'L' station on the CTA's 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

Former station house, March 2009

Belmont station opened in 1970 as part of an extension of the West-Northwest route to Jefferson Park in the median of 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.

Belmont Blue Gateway Project

The $17 million project began in 2017 and was completed on March 29, 2019, with additional work continuing on the station's platform until August 30, 2019.

Bus connections

CTA

  • 77 Belmont (Owl Service)
  • 82 Kimball-Homan
The Belmont station house in 2024

References

  1. ^ "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2022" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. February 2, 2023. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  2. ^ "Work on the CTA's 'Belmont Gateway' Blue Line station presses ahead". 17 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Now open: Belmont Gateway's dramatic canopy inspired by Avondale's lost waterfall". 29 March 2019.
  4. ^ "New $17 Million Blue Line Belmont Station Finished". 29 March 2019.