Dempster-Skokie (CTA station)

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

Dempster-Skokie
Station statistics
Address	5005 West Dempster Street Skokie, Illinois 60077
Coordinates	(8800 N/5000 W)
Lines	Yellow Line
Structure	At-grade
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Parking	441 Spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Other information
Opened	March 28, 1925
Rebuilt	1994
Accessible
Owned by	Village of Skokie
Formerly	Dempster, Skokie
Traffic
Passengers (2011)	787,208  0.9% (CTA)
Services
Preceding station   Chicago 'L'   Following station Terminus Yellow Line Howard Terminus
Dempster Street Station U.S. National Register of Historic Places Location: 5001 W. Dempster Street, Skokie, Illinois 60077 Coordinates: 42°2′25″N 87°45′8″W Governing body: Local NRHP Reference#: 95001005 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.

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.

Bus connections

CTA Buses

• #54A North Cicero/Skokie Blvd.
• #97 Skokie

Pace Buses

• #250 Dempster Street
• #626 Skokie Valley Limited

Greyhound Bus Lines

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