Dempster station

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Dempster
 
1300N
800W
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
Looking south at Dempster (Purple) (50003147857).jpg
General information
Location1316 Sherman Place
Evanston, Illinois 60201
Coordinates 42°02′31″N87°40′57″W / 42.04187°N 87.68237°W / 42.04187; -87.68237
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)Evanston Branch
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections CTA and Pace buses
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
OpenedMay 16, 1908;116 years ago (1908-05-16)
Rebuilt1909;116 years ago (1909)
Passengers
2022129,295 [1] Increase2.svg 26.4%
Services
Preceding station Chicago Transit Authority Logo.svg Chicago "L" Following station
Davis
toward Linden
Purple Line Main
Former services
Preceding station Milwaukee Road Following station
Evanston Chicago – Evanston South Evanston
toward Chicago
Location
Dempster station
The Dempster station house in 2021 CTA-Purple-Line-Dempster-01.jpg
The Dempster station house in 2021

Dempster is an 'L' station on the CTA's Purple Line at 1316 Sherman Place in Evanston, Illinois (directional coordinates 1300 north, 800 west).

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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

Pace

References

  1. "Annual Ridership Report Calendar Year 2022" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. February 2, 2023. Retrieved June 9, 2023.

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