Southport is a
station on the
Chicago Transit Authority
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is the operator of mass transit in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and some of its surrounding suburbs, including the trains of the Chicago 'L' and CTA bus service. In , the system had a ridership of , ...
's
'L' system. It is situated between the
Paulina and
Belmont stations on the
Brown Line, which runs between
Albany Park on
Chicago
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's Northwest Side and
downtown Chicago
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. It is an elevated station with two side platforms located at 3411 North Southport Avenue in
Chicago
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Lakeview community area.
Location
![Southport 2005](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Southport_2005.jpg)
Southport is situated on North
Southport Avenue, close to its intersection with West 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.
History
Southport Station opened in 1907 as part of the
Northwestern Elevated Railroad
The Northwestern Elevated Railroad was the last of the privately constructed rapid transit lines to be built in Chicago. The line ran from the Loop in downtown Chicago north to Wilson Avenue in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood with a branch to Raven ...
's Ravenswood line.
In CTA's
skip-stop
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service on the Brown Line, which was in operation from 1949 to 1995, Southport was a "B" station.
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 are accessible to passengers with disabilities. Southport Station was closed between April 2, 2007, and March 30, 2008, and was completely rebuilt.
Services
Southport is part of the CTA's Brown Line, which runs between
Albany Park and
downtown Chicago
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. 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 every 3 to 10 minutes during
rush hour, with longer
headways of up to 15 minutes at night.
1,042,720 passengers boarded at Southport in 2015.
Notes and references
Notes
References
External links
Southport station pageat the CTA website
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CTA Brown Line stations
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1907
1907 establishments in Illinois