Linden station (CTA)

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This article is about the railway station in Wilmette, Illinois. For a railway station in Linden, New Jersey, see Linden (NJT station). For the railway station in Australia, see Linden railway station. For railway station in Wellington, New Zealand, see Linden Railway Station.
Linden
20050513 17 CTA L @ Linden Ave..jpg
Location 349 Linden Avenue
Wilmette, Illinois 60091
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Platforms 1 Island platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type At-grade
Parking Aiga parking inv.svg 328 Spaces
Bicycle facilities Yes
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened April 2, 1912[1]
Rebuilt 1991–93
Previous names Linden-Wilmette (Station Sign)
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 321,298[2] Increase 10.1%
Rank 133 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station
Terminus Purple Line
toward Howard or The Loop
Linden Avenue Terminal
File:Linden Gerber 060801.jpg
The original Linden Station
Built 1912
Architect Arthur Gerber
Architectural style Prairie School
NRHP Reference # 84001002
Route map
To Linden Yard
To Linden Yard
Purple Line
south to Howard or Loop

Linden is an 'L' station and the northern terminus of CTA's Purple Line. It is the only 'L' stop in Wilmette, Illinois, and is located at 349 Linden Avenue.

History

Linden destination sign

The original station opened in 1912, with a station house designed by Arthur Gerber added in 1913.[3] In 1984, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[4] A new station was built close to the original station from October 1991 until September 1993; the original station house has since been converted into a bank.

Location

The station is located at 349 Linden Avenue in Wilmette, Illinois. It is the northernmost 'L' station in the CTA system, and it is the only remaining station on the Purple Line at ground level after the line descends from the elevated embankment shortly after crossing the North Shore Channel and entering Wilmette. An older station, the Linden Avenue Terminal, remains; it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The station is only a few blocks away from the Bahá'í House of Worship, and is about a mile from Metra's Wilmette commuter railroad station.

Transportation

Buses

Pace

  • 421: Wilmette Avenue
  • 422: Linden CTA/Glenview/Northbrook Court
  • 423: Linden CTA-The Glen-Harlem CTA

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Due to possible double-counting of physically-connected stations, the CTA's official 2015 tally of stations was 146, but for ridership purposes reported having only 143 stations.

References

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  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Cook County Listings at the National Register of Historic Places

External links

Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons

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