Southport station (CTA)

Southport

The platforms at Southport
Location 3411 North Southport Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60657
Coordinates 41°56′38″N 87°39′48″W / 41.943832°N 87.663383°W / 41.943832; -87.663383
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 2007–2008
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 1,042,720[2] Decrease 1.7%
Rank 69 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station
toward Kimball
Brown Line
toward The Loop
Brown Line
Kimball-Belmont shuttle
toward Belmont or The Loop
Route map
Legend

Brown Line
west to Kimball

Southport Ave.

Brown Line
east to Loop

Southport is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system. It is situated between the Paulina and Belmont 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 3411 North Southport Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview community area.

Location

Southport station entrance
Southport station in 2008

Southport is situated on N. Southport Avenue, close to its intersection with W. Roscoe Street. The station is located in the Lakeview community area of Chicago; the area surrounding the station consists of a mixture commercial and residential areas.[3]

History

Southport 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, which was in operation from 1949 to 1995, Southport was a "B" station.[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. Southport Station was closed between April 2, 2007, and March 30, 2008, and was completely reconstructed.[5]

Services

Southport is part of the CTA's Brown Line, which runs between Albany Park and downtown Chicago. It is the eleventh inbound station and is the last station on the Ravenswood branch. Brown Line trains serve Southport between 4:00 a.m. and 2:25 a.m. on Weekdays and Saturdays, and between 5:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. on Sundays; trains operate roughly every 3 to 10 minutes during rush hour, with longer headways of up to 15 minutes at night.[6] 1,042,720 passengers boarded at Southport in 2015.[2]

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. 1 2 "New 'L' Line Operated". Chicago Daily Tribune. May 19, 1907. p. 11.
  2. 1 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. ↑ Garfield, Graham. "Southport". Chicago "L".org. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
  5. ↑ "Southport". Countdown to a New Brown. Chicago Transit Authority. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
  6. ↑ "Southport Station Timetable" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
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