CTA Skokie Shops
This is an archived listing.
Address
Via Howard CTA Station (7519 N. Paulina St.)
Neighborhood
Rogers Park / West Ridge
Completed
1926
Renovated
2000
Website
Description
The Skokie Shops are CTA's heavy maintenance facility for the entire fleet of railcars on the "L" rapid transit system. All major repairs and overhauls are done at the Skokie facility. Since 1926, it's been located along the CTA Yellow Line (formerly Skokie Swift). The current 236,700-square-foot complex is primarily the result of late-1990s renovations that added an administrative building and state-of-the-art new facilities for inspection, painting, rewiring, rebuilding and more.