Rosemont station (CTA)

Rosemont, formerly River Road, is a Chicago "L" station at the intersection of River Road and I-190 in the suburb of Rosemont, Illinois. It is located in the median of I-190 with one island platform serving two tracks, 16 miles (26 km) northwest of The Loop. Trains are scheduled to depart from Rosemont every 2–7 minutes during rush-hour periods, and take about 36 minutes to travel to the Loop. The station is 7 blocks east and 2 blocks north of O'Hare. Rosemont is the busiest station outside the city limits of Chicago, with 2,090,977 passenger entries in 2014.[2]

Rosemont   5800N 10500W
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
An O'Hare-bound 3200 series train stops at the outbound platform
Location	5801 North River Road Rosemont, Illinois 60018
Coordinates	41.983507°N 87.859388°W
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	O'Hare Branch
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Pace Buses
Construction
Structure type	Expressway median
Parking	798 Spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	February 27, 1983
Previous names	River Road
Passengers
2019	1,968,273[1]  4.1% (CTA)
Rank	29 out of 143
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station O'Hare Terminus Blue Line Cumberland toward Forest Park
Track layout I-190 westbound lanes Blue Line west to O'Hare Blue Line east to Forest Park I-190 eastbound lanes

History

The Rosemont station opened on February 27, 1983, as the terminus of an extension of the West-Northwest route from its former terminal at Jefferson Park.[3] It was built to a design by the architectural firm Murphy/Jahn. The station served as the temporary terminal for the West-Northwest route until the terminal at O'Hare opened a year later. Prior to the 1990s, the station was known as River Road, as the CTA did not feel that the names of stations should advertise cities outside Chicago limits. The station name was changed in the mid-1990s, around the same time that the Dempster–Skokie and Desplaines terminals on the Yellow and Blue Lines were renamed to reflect the suburb they serviced rather than the cross street.[4]

The platform is wedge-shaped, with the width increasing from east to west, due to the Rosemont Yard sitting immediately west of the station, between the inbound and outbound tracks.

Services

Rosemont is the terminus to many Pace bus routes. In addition, there is a parking lot for commuters that costs $7 USD for 14 hours of allowed time. Due to the station's close proximity to many airport hotels, a visitors pass machine is also found in the station. Just west of the station is a maintenance facility built in a wide spot of the freeway's median. The station contains a Dunkin' Donuts doughnut stand, which was installed in September 2004.

Rosemont serves as the eastern terminus for Pace I-90 Express service. This BRT provides on-highway express service all the way to Elgin.

It is located only 1 mile from the City of Des Plaines at its westernmost border. The Rosemont station handles more suburban commuters from Des Plaines than any other suburb, including Rosemont itself.

Bus connections

Pace

• 221 Wolf Road (Weekdays only)
• 222 Allstate Arena Direct (Game Days and Events only)
• 223 Elk Grove/Rosemont CTA Station
• 230 South Des Plaines (Weekdays only)
• 284 Six Flags Great America Express (Early June through Labor Day and October only)
• 303 Forest Park/Rosemont (Weekdays only)
• 330 Mannheim/LaGrange Roads
• 332 River Road/York Road
• 600 Rosemont/Schaumburg Express (Monday-Saturday only)
• 603 Elgin Transportation Center/Rosemont Express (Monday-Saturday only)
• 605 I-90/Randall Road Park-n-Ride/Rosemont Express (Monday-Saturday only)
• 606 Rosemont/Schaumburg Limited
• 610 Rosemont/Prairie Stone Express (Weekday Rush Hours only)
• 616 Rosemont/Itasca Limited (Weekday Rush Hours only)
• 811 Rosemont Entertainment Circulator
• 895 95th Street/Rosemont/Schaumburg Express (Weekday Rush Hours only)

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Image gallery

• 
  River Road Ring, November 2007
• 
  Bus Terminal, November 2007
• 
  Rosemont Transit Center Sign, November 2007

Notes and references

Notes

References

1. "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2019" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 13, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-13. Retrieved 2015-05-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. Young, David; John C White (February 27, 1983). "First Link of O'Hare Line Opens". Chicago Tribune. p. 1.
4. Rosemont. Chicago-"L".org (URL accessed October 2, 2006).
5. https://www.pacebus.com/facility/rosemont-transit-center
6. https://www.pacebus.com/route/284

External links

• Train schedule (PDF) at CTA official site
• Station from I-190 from Google Maps Street View