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    OaktonSkokie is an 'L' station on the CTA's Yellow Line, which serves downtown Skokie. Previously, a station existed at this location which was in operation...
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  • Eric Oakton (1906–1981), English footballer Oakton College, Des Plaines and Skokie, Illinois Oakton High School, Fairfax County, Virginia OaktonSkokie station...
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    Evanston and to the Dempster Terminal in Skokie, Illinois, making one intermediate stop at Oakton Street in downtown Skokie. At Howard, Yellow Line passengers...
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    the Skokie station to Dempster–Skokie. This was done with the announcement of the OaktonSkokie name for the infill station at Oakton. Dempster–Skokie is...
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    Catholic Cemetery, a block north of Oakton Street in the town. The first African-American family to move to Skokie arrived in 1961, and open-housing activists...
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  • Cook Road in Northbrook. The southern portion of Skokie Valley Trail begins at Dempster-Skokie CTA Station and extends to Chicago city limits at Sauganash...
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    located at Kostner Avenue and Mulford Street in Skokie, Illinois. Kostner was situated east of Oakton and west of Crawford-East Prairie. Kostner opened...
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    Main Street and Niles Center Road in Skokie, Illinois. Main was situated south of Dempster and north of Oakton. Main opened on March 28, 1925, and closed...
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    component with fare controls above ground One of several stations built on ground level, OaktonSkokie has head houses built at each end The twin head houses...
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  • extend the line to Santa Monica. – Suzhou Metro opens. 30 April – Oakton-Skokie station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Yellow Line opens. 27 May – GoRail...
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    planned Chicago Metropolitan Area Chicago "L" Morgan (Green/Pink), 2012 OaktonSkokie (Yellow), 2012 Cermak–McCormick Place (Green), 2015 Damen (Green), 2024...
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    trains terminate at this station using track 3, located between the Red Line tracks, south of the station. CTA 22 Clark 97 Skokie 147 Outer DuSable Lake...
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    neighboring Skokie, part of District 219. Lincolnwood is part of the Oakton Community College District, which has a campus minutes away in Skokie. Northwestern...
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    freight interchange connection was made with the C&NW at Oakton Street in Skokie.: 3  The Skokie Valley Route was entirely double-tracked, located on private...
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    previously operated as a nonstop shuttle, until the downtown Skokie station OaktonSkokie opened on April 30, 2012. Its average weekday ridership in 2013...
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    new Metropolitan Sanitary District Treatment Plant at Oakton Street and McCormick Road in Skokie. Morton Grove then outlawed outhouses in 1920. Meanwhile...
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    North Shore suburbs. Oakton College serves the same district as the Central Suburban League, with campuses in Des Plaines and Skokie. College of Lake County...
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    Pace Pulse (section Stations)
    Ryan station; another will mostly run along Halsted Street from Harvey station on the Metra Electric District line to the same Red Line station that the...
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    follows a path along the North Branch of the Chicago River, the Skokie River and the Skokie Lagoons. Along the path, trail users will find themselves passing...
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  • the successful reopening of the Oakton station in 2012, it was determined that either the Dodge, Asbury, or Ridge stations could be rebuilt and reopened...
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    was later renamed Skokie. By 1890, that area had six saloons, two blacksmith shops and three churches. Along with neighboring Skokie and several other...
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  • 17, 2011. "Customer Alert: New Morgan Station Opens". Chicago Transit Authority. Retrieved May 18, 2012. "Oakton Station on the Yellow Line Now Open"....
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    Street in Skokie to Howard Street in Chicago, offering connections to the Red and Purple Lines. In 2012, an infill station opened on Oakton Street, no...
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    gecs tree College campuses include: Oakton College, opened in 1969; a community college with campuses in Skokie and Des Plaines Public school districts...
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    the U of C, at Shimer College, and in the City Colleges of Chicago and Oakton College in the Northwest suburbs. From 1947 until 1988, the Illinois portion...
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    Cicero, and Skokie, both Pace and the Chicago Transit Authority provide service. Many of Pace's route terminals are located at CTA rail stations and bus terminals...
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    school. Countryside Montessori School, a K-8 private school. Oakton Community College (in Skokie, Des Plaines and other locations) serves Northbrook and surrounding...
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    second longest on the 'L' system without a station, behind the gap on the Yellow Line between Oakton-Skokie and Howard, although the Yellow Line was designed...
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  • Dempster and McCormick to Golf. On June 14, people gathered in Oakton Park and downtown Skokie for a "Vigil for Black Lives". Businesses, houses of worship...
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    Saint Viator High School Location 1213 East Oakton Street Arlington Heights , Illinois United States Coordinates 42°05′39″N 87°58′10″W / 42.09423°N 87...
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