Linden is an 'L' station and the northern terminus of CTA's Purple Line. It is the only 'L' stop in

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, and is located at 349 Linden Avenue.

History

The original station opened in 1912, with a station house designed by

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added in 1913. In 1984, it was added to the

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.Cook County Listings at the National Register of Historic Places
/ref> 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 retail space.

Location

The station is located at 349 Linden Avenue in

. 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

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and entering Wilmette. An older station structure, the Linden Avenue Terminal, remains; it is listed on the

. The station is only a few blocks west of the Baháʼí

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, and is about a mile east of

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Wilmette Wilmette is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Bordering Lake Michigan, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Skokie, Northfield, Glenview, and Evanston, Illinois, it is located north of Chicago's downtown district. Wilmette had a populatio ...

station. Linden Yard is a small train yard adjacent to the station.

Bus connections

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* 421 Wilmette Avenue (weekday rush hours only) * 422 Linden CTA/Glenview/Northbrook Court (weekdays only) * 423 Linden CTA/The Glen/Harlem CTA (weekdays only)

References

External links

Linden Station Page
at Chicago-L.Org
Linden Station PageCTA official site

Linden Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
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