Montrose station (CTA Brown Line)

Montrose
Location	1817 West Montrose Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60613
Coordinates	41°57′42″N 87°40′31″W / 41.961650°N 87.675162°W
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Brown Line
Platforms	2 Side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	May 18, 1907[1]
Rebuilt	2006–07
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	862,296[2]  2.1%
Rank	83 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station Damen toward Kimball Brown Line Irving Park toward Belmont or The Loop
Route map Legend Brown Line north to Kimball Montrose Ave. Brown Line south to Loop

Montrose is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system. It is situated between the Damen and Irving Park stations on the Brown Line, which runs between Albany Park on Chicago's Northwest Side and downtown Chicago. It is an elevated station with two side platforms located at 1817 West Montrose Avenue in the Ravenswood neighborhood of Chicago's Lincoln Square community area.

Location

Montrose is situated on W. Montrose Avenue, between its intersections with N. Damen Avenue and N. Ashland Avenue. The station is located in the Lincoln Square community area of Chicago; the area surrounding the station consists of a mixture commercial, residential and manufacturing areas.^[3]

History

Montrose Station in 2006 a few months before it closed for reconstruction

Montrose Station opened in 1907 as part of the Northwestern Elevated Railroad's Ravenswood line.^[1] In CTA's skip-stop service on the Brown Line, instituted in 1949, Montrose was originally an "AB" station, but it was changed to "B" station in 1973, and remained that way until the CTA discontinued skip-stop service in 1995.^[4]

In 2006, the CTA began the Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project, which involved the renovation and reconstruction of all Brown Line stations to allow eight car trains to run on the line and to ensure that all stations met Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements. Montrose Station was closed between December 2, 2006, and November 26, 2007, and was completely reconstructed.^[5]

Services

Montrose is part of the CTA's Brown Line, which runs between Albany Park and downtown Chicago. It is the seventh inbound station and is situated between the Damen and Irving Park stations. Brown Line trains serve Montrose between 4:00 am and 1:30 am on weekdays and Saturdays, and between 6:30 am and 12:20 am on Sundays; trains operate roughly every 3 to 10 minutes during rush hour, with longer headways of up to 15 minutes at night.^[6] 880,862 passengers boarded at Montrose in 2014.^[7] The #78 Montrose CTA bus route also stops at the station.^[8]

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. "New 'L' Line Operated". Chicago Daily Tribune. May 19, 1907. p. 11.
2. "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2015" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 11, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
3. City of Chicago Zoning Map (Map). Chicago Department of Zoning. 2012.
4. Montrose. Chicago-"L".org (URL accessed October 17, 2006).
5. "Montrose". Countdown to a New Brown. Chicago Transit Authority. Retrieved 2012-06-16.
6. "Montrose Station Timetable" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority. Retrieved 2012-06-16.
7. "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2014" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority Ridership Analysis and Reporting. March 5, 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
8. "Montrose". Chicago Transit Authority. Retrieved 2012-06-16.

External links

Media related to Montrose (CTA Brown Line) at Wikimedia Commons

• Montrose (Ravenswood Line) Station Page