Linden (CTA)

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	Linden

Station statistics

Address

349 Linden Ave.,
Wilmette, IL 60091

Coordinates

(500N/400W)

Lines

Purple Line

Structure

Street Level

Platforms

Tracks

Parking

328 Spaces

Bicycle facilities

Yes

Other information

Opened

April 1, 1912

Rebuilt

1993

Accessible

Owned by

Chicago Transit Authority

Formerly

Linden-Wilmette (Station Sign)

Traffic

Passengers (2007)

321,271^[1] ▼ 4%

Linden Avenue Terminal(a.k.a.; CTA Station, 4th and Linden)

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The original Linden Station

Location:

Wilmette, Illinois, USA

Built/Founded:

1912

Architect:

Arthur Gerber

Architectural style(s):

Prairie School

Added to NRHP:

1984

NRHP Reference#:

#84001002

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 (directional coordinates 500 north, 400 west). 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 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.

1 History
2 Pace Bus Connections
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

Linden destination sign

The original station opened 1912, with a station house designed by Arthur Gerber added in 1913^[2]. It 1984, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.^[3] A new station was built close to the original in 1993; the original building has since been converted into a bank.