Dempster station

For the station on the Yellow Line in Skokie, see Dempster–Skokie station.

Dempster   1300N 800W
General information
Location	1316 Sherman Avenue Evanston, Illinois 60201
Coordinates	42.04187°N 87.68237°W / 42.04187; -87.68237
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Purple Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	CTA and Pace buses
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	May 16, 1908
Rebuilt	1909
Passengers
2017	279,608  2%
Rank	136 out of 143
Services
Preceding station   CTA   Following station Evanston Branch Template:CTA stations toward Template:CTA stations Template:CTA lines Template:CTA stations toward Template:CTA stations Template:CTA lines Express Template:CTA stations toward Template:CTA stations
Track layout Purple Line north to Linden Dempster St. Purple Line south to Howard or 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. A 1991 CTA budget crisis almost precipitated the station's closure, but the CTA decided to keep it open. Dempster is now one of the stations on the CTA's 2004-2008 Capital Improvement Plan.

Bus connections

CTA

• 206 Evanston Circulator (school days only)

Pace

• 213 Green Bay Road (Monday–Saturday only)

External links

Media related to Dempster (CTA Purple Line) at Wikimedia Commons

• 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