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Yellow Line
Skokie

Yellow Line

Year Opened	1925/1964/1994	# of Tracks	2
Rail Transfers	None
Platform Layout	2 side platforms	Park-n-Ride	YES
City	Skokie	Right of Way	Former North Shore
Point of Interest	Starbucks in the old Dempster St Station house

This station was originally called Dempster St (and often still is) when it was opened by the Chicago North Shore Interurban line. CRT trains would terminate here while North Shore trains continued to Milwaukie along the Skokie Valley route. CRT stopped service in 1948, North Shore quit in 1963. In 1964 CTA built a temporary station as part of the Skokie Swift demonstration project. Today the Yellow Line continues to operate to this station, with 1994 rebuilt station.

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Looking down the Right-of-Way with the Skokie terminal in the distance. (4/25/05)	View from the front of the train down the beautiful former North Shore Right-of-Way, the overhead wire is now gone. (4/25/05)
Looking at the relay track from the inbound platform. (4/25/05)	This train has just dropped off its passengers and is heading into the relay track at Skokie, crossing the pedestrian access to the station. (4/25/05)
Station entrance at Skokie. (4/25/05)	Entrance with update signage (8/31/11)
The original Dempster St station building, now a Starbucks and a Bank. (4/25/05)	Another view of the former station building. (4/25/05)
Same location (8/31/11)	Community bulletin board at the Skokie station. (4/25/05)
Original station (8/31/11)	Outbound arrival platform (8/31/11)
The outbound platform. (4/25/05)	Train heading to tail track (8/31/11)
Train heading to tail track (8/31/11)
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Last Updated: 03/25/17

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