Linden (CTA)
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| Address | Linden Street and 4th Avenue Wilmette, IL |
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| Passengers (2006) | 333,078[1]  5% |
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| Opened | 1912 | ||
| Rebuilt | 1993 | ||
Linden is an 'L' station at the northern terminus of CTA's Purple Line. It is the only 'L' stop in Wilmette, Illinois, and is located at 349 Linden Avenue (directional coordinates 500 north, 400 west). It is most northern 'L' station in the CTA system, and is the only remaining station on the Purple Line to be at ground level, descending from the elevated embankment shortly after crossing the North Shore Channel and entering Wilmette.
The stop 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.
[edit] History
The original station opened 1912, with a station house designed by Arthur Gerber added in 1913[2]. A new station was built close to the original in 1993; the original building has since been converted into a bank.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.transitchicago.com/downloads/ridershipreports/132346dec06rail.pdf
- ^ Linden. Chicago-"L".org. Retrieved on 2006-12-07.
[edit] External links
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| Previous station | Chicago 'L' | Next station | ||
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| Terminus | Purple Line |
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