Skokie (CTA Yellow Line)

Skokie, also known as Dempster or Dempster/Skokie, is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, on the Yellow Line at 5001 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 operatin in early 1963, but the CTA instated a new service the follwing 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 Washington Mutual bank; the Starbucks also has a drive-thru lane. The former station's address is 5001 Dempster Street.

The station houses bus stops for Pace buses and is also a Greyhound bus terminal.

Plans are underway to build a new Yellow Line station at Oakton Street, serving downtown Skokie and nearby neighborhoods. The station is slated to open in 2008.

Bus Connections

CTA Buses
* #54A North Cicero/Skokie Blvd.
* #97 Skokie

Pace Buses
* #250 Dempster Street
* #626 Skokie Valley Limited

* Greyhound Bus Lines

References

External links

* [http://www.transitchicago.com/maps/rail/yellow/Howard.pdf Train schedule (PDF)] at [http://www.transitchicago.com/ CTA official site]
* [http://www.chicago-l.org/stations/dempster-skokie.html Chicago "L".org: Stations - Skokie (Dempster)]

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