page_title: Montrose station (CTA Brown Line)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Montrose station (CTA Brown Line) / History
caption_attribution_description: Montrose Station on the CTA Brown Line
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: Montrose Station opened in 1907 as part of the Northwestern Elevated Railroad's Ravenswood line. 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.
  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 closed between December 2, 2006, and November 26, 2007, and was completely rebuilt.
caption: Montrose Station in July 2006, five months before it closed for reconstruction
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