Dempster station

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

Dempster   1300N 800W
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
Location	1316 Sherman Place Evanston, Illinois 60201
Coordinates	42.04187°N 87.68237°W
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Evanston Branch
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	CTA and Pace buses
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	May 16, 1908
Rebuilt	1909
Passengers
2019	258,934[1]  4.5%
Rank	136 out of 143
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Davis toward Linden Purple Line Main toward Howard Purple Line Express Main toward Loop (Clark/Lake)
Former services Preceding station Milwaukee Road Following station Evanston towards Llewellyn Park Chicago – Evanston South Evanston towards Chicago
Track layout Purple north to Linden Dempster St. Purple south to Howard or the Loop

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)

Notes and references

Notes

References

1. "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2019" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 13, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.

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