- Dempster-Skokie (CTA station)
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For other stations on the CTA system named Dempster, see Dempster (CTA).
Dempster-Skokie 
Station statistics Address 5005 West Dempster Street
Skokie, Illinois 60077Coordinates (8800 N/5000 W) Lines Structure At-grade Platforms 2 side platforms Tracks 2 Parking 
441 SpacesBicycle facilities Yes Other information Opened March 28, 1925[1] Rebuilt 1994 Accessible 
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority Formerly Dempster, Skokie Traffic Passengers (2010) 780,454[2] 
4.8% (CTA)Services Preceding station Chicago 'L' Following station Terminus Yellow Line HowardTerminusDempster Street Station
Location: 5001 W. Dempster Street, Skokie, Illinois 60077 Coordinates: 42°2′25″N 87°45′8″W / 42.04028°N 87.75222°WCoordinates: 42°2′25″N 87°45′8″W / 42.04028°N 87.75222°W Governing body: Local NRHP Reference#: 95001005[3] Added to NRHP: February 28, 1996 
Skokie destination sign
Dempster-Skokie, also known as Dempster, or Skokie, is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, on the Yellow Line at 5005 W. Dempster Street in Skokie, Illinois (directional coordinates 8800 north, 5000 west). It is one of two stops on the Yellow Line, and currently the northern/western terminus of line, although an extension of the line beyond Dempster has been considered. It is the only CTA rail station in Skokie, and is at grade level.
The station was originally constructed in 1925 as part of a new high-speed bypass route for the North Shore Line known as the Skokie Valley Route. Trains of the Chicago Rapid Transit Company's Niles Center Route also used this station as a terminal until that service was ended by the CTA in 1948. The North Shore Line ceased operating in early 1963, but the CTA instated a new service the following year which served a 'temporary' station on the same location. This service was known as the Skokie Swift and is now called the Yellow Line.
The current stationhouse has been in place since 1994. The original stationhouse, known as Dempster Street Station, is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places and stands 130 feet east of its original location, moved at a cost of $1 million in order to make space for the new station and its parking lot. The original station house is currently occupied by a Starbucks coffee shop and a Cricket Communications store; the Starbucks also has a drive-thru lane. The former station's address is 5001 W. Dempster Street.The station houses bus stops for Pace buses and is also the Greyhound bus Skokie terminal.[4]
On June 8, 2011, the Chicago Transit Board authorized the renaming of the Skokie station to Dempster-Skokie. This was done concurrently with the announcement of the Oakton-Skokie name for the station under construction at Oakton.[5]
Bus connections
- #54A North Cicero/Skokie Blvd.
- #97 Skokie
- #250 Dempster Street
- #626 Skokie Valley Limited
Greyhound Bus Lines
References
- ^ "15,000 Witness Official Opening of Niles Center "L"". Chicago Daily Tribune: p. 5. March 29, 1925.
- ^ "Annual Ridership Report: Calendar Year 2010" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority. http://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/ridership_reports/2010-Annual.pdf. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ "Greyhound.com: Locations: Skokie, Illinois". Greyhound. http://www.greyhound.com/en/locations/terminal.aspx?city=561231. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
- ^ "CTA Changes Existing Yellow Line Station Name, Announces Names of New Yellow, Green/Pink Stations" (Press release). Chicago Transit Authority. http://www.transitchicago.com/news/default.aspx?Month=&Year=&Category=2&ArticleId=2850. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
External links
- Train schedule (PDF) at CTA official site
- Chicago "L".org: Stations - Skokie (Dempster)
- Skokie Station Page CTA official site
- Skokie CTA Station and Bus Terminal as viewed from Dempster Street in Google Maps Street View
- Skokie CTA Station house as viewed along Terminal Avenue from Google Maps Street View
Categories:- Skokie, Illinois
- CTA Yellow Line stations
- CTA 'L' terminal stations
- National Register of Historic Places in Cook County, Illinois
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
- Railway stations opened in 1925
- Former North Shore Line stations
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