Skokie Shops | |||||
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| Chicago "L" rapid transit maintenace facility | |||||
 Main gate of the Skokie Shops on Oakton Street | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | 3701 W. Oakton Street Skokie, Illinois | ||||
| Coordinates | 42°1′30″N 87°43′21″W / 42.02500°N 87.72250°W | ||||
| Operated by | Chicago Transit Authority | ||||
| Connections |  CTA bus: 97 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1926 | ||||
| Rebuilt | 1990s | ||||
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Skokie Shops is a heavy maintenance facility for the Chicago "L" system, operated by the Chicago Transit Authority and located in Skokie, Illinois. The Skokie Shops are equipped to perform comprehensive inspection, servicing, and rebuilding for the CTA's fleet of railcars.
The shops opened in 1926 along the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad's Skokie Valley Route, part of which also had local service provided by the Chicago Rapid Transit Company. The CRT used the Skokie Shops to maintain its fleet for the Chicago "L", and the CTA (its successor) continued to use the shops after "L" service to Skokie ended in 1948. The shops are connected to the "L" system by the present-day Yellow Line, which began operation in 1964.[1][2]
- ^ "Chicago L.org: Yards & Shops - Skokie Shops". chicago-l.org. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
- ^ Whittingham, Richard; Abbink, Marilyn K. Simpson (1988). "Niles Center". Skokie, 1888-1988: a centennial history. OCLC 18430368.