Bellwood station (Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad)

Bellwood
Former Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad interurban station and Chicago "L" rapid transit station
General information
Location	Bellwood Avenue, Bellwood, Illinois, United States
Coordinates	41°52′46″N 87°52′42″W / 41.87936°N 87.87824°W / 41.87936; -87.87824
History
Opened	August 25, 1902 (CA&E) October 1, 1926 ("L")
Closed	December 9, 1951 ("L") July 3, 1957 (CA&E)
Passengers
1948	116,488  18.65% ("L")
Rank	199 out of 223
Former services
Preceding station Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad Following station Garden Home toward Wheaton Main Line 25th Avenue One-way operation between 1926 and 1951 toward Chicago Harrison Street toward Mount Carmel Mount Carmel Branch Terminus Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Harrison toward Mannheim/22nd Westchester branch 25th Avenue toward Des Plaines
Location

Bellwood was a station on the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad (CA&E) serving Bellwood, Illinois, from 1902 to 1957. An adjacent station, serving the Westchester branch, existed for rapid transit purposes on the Chicago "L" between 1926 and 1951.

Bellwood was one of the original stations of the Aurora, Elgin, and Chicago Railroad (AE&C) when it opened in 1902. In 1906, a branch to Mount Carmel Cemetery opened from Bellwood. The Westchester branch, originally conceived as a bypass route for the CA&E, opened in 1926 and replaced the Mount Carmel branch for passenger service. Bellwood served as the dividing line between local service provided by the CA&E and that provided by the "L"; it was the westernmost station where eastbound boarding was prohibited onto CA&E trains, as well as the westernmost station where passengers having boarded from Chicago stations were not allowed to alight.