Dempster–Skokie (CTA station)

Dempster–Skokie
Location	5005 West Dempster Street Skokie, Illinois 60077
Coordinates	(8800 N/5000 W)
Owned by	Village of Skokie
Line(s)	Yellow Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	441 Spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	March 28, 1925
Rebuilt	1993–94
Previous names	Skokie Terminal, Dempster, Skokie
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	323,519  52.8%
Rank	132 out of 143
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station Terminus Yellow Line Oakton–Skokie toward Howard
Dempster Street Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	5001 W. Dempster Street, Skokie, Illinois 60077
Coordinates	42°2′25″N 87°45′8″W / 42.04028°N 87.75222°W / 42.04028; -87.75222Coordinates: 42°2′25″N 87°45′8″W / 42.04028°N 87.75222°W / 42.04028; -87.75222
NRHP Reference #	95001005
Added to NRHP	February 28, 1996
Route map Dempster St. Yellow Line to Howard

Dempster–Skokie, formerly 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 three stops on the Yellow Line, and currently the terminus of line, although an extension of the line to Old Orchard Mall has been considered. It is one of two CTA rail stations in Skokie, and is at grade level. It is also one of two terminals (the other being O'Hare on the Blue Line) that doesn't have a rail yard assigned to it. All 6 cars assigned to the Yellow Line are stored at the Howard Yard. The Skokie Shops are located near the Yellow Line tracks, but the shops don't function as a yard, only as a shop for rail cars. This station is the only CTA rail terminal that does not have an island platform. Passengers who wanted to return to Howard from this station after leaving a train arriving at this station had to always pay an additional fare.

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 law office; the Starbucks also has a drive-thru lane. The former station's address is 5001 West Dempster Street.