Dempster (CTA Purple Line station)

For other stations on the CTA system named Dempster, see Dempster (CTA).

Dempster
Station statistics
Address	1316 Sherman Avenue Evanston, Illinois 60201
Coordinates	42°02′31″N 87°40′57″W / 42.04187°N 87.68237°W / 42.04187; -87.68237Coordinates: 42°02′31″N 87°40′57″W / 42.04187°N 87.68237°W / 42.04187; -87.68237
Lines	Purple Line
Connections	CTA bus
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	May 16, 1908
Rebuilt	1909
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	263,261[1]  0.7%
Services
Preceding station   Chicago 'L'   Following station Davis toward Linden Purple Line Main toward Howard or The Loop

Dempster is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, on the Purple Line at 1316 Sherman Avenue in Evanston, Illinois (directional coordinates 1300 north, 800 west).

The current station has been in place since 1910. The station, after being one of the many stations proposed to be shut down during a 1991 CTA budget crisis but getting a reprieve, is now one of the stations on the CTA's 2004-2008 Capital Improvement Plan.

Bus connections

CTA

• #N201 Central/Sherman (Owl Service)
• #205 Chicago/Golf

References

1. ^ "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. 

External links

• Train schedule (PDF) at CTA official site
• Dempster (Evanston Line) Station Page
• Dempster Station Page CTA official site
• Dempster Street Station Sherman Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View