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Ridge was a station on the
Chicago Transit Authority The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is the operator of mass transit in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and some of its surrounding suburbs, including the trains of the Chicago 'L' and CTA bus service. In , the system had a ridership of , ...
's Niles Center branch, now known as the Yellow Line. The station was located at Ridge Avenue and Brummel Street in
Evanston, Illinois Evanston ( ) is a city, suburb of Chicago. Located in Cook County, Illinois, United States, it is situated on the North Shore along Lake Michigan. Evanston is north of Downtown Chicago, bordered by Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, Wil ...
. Ridge was situated east of Asbury and west of
Howard Howard is an English-language given name originating from Old French Huard (or Houard) from a Germanic source similar to Old High German ''*Hugihard'' "heart-brave", or ''*Hoh-ward'', literally "high defender; chief guardian". It is also probabl ...
. Ridge opened on March 28, 1925, and closed on March 27, 1948, upon the closing of the Niles Center branch.


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Defunct Chicago "L" stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1925 1925 establishments in Illinois 1948 disestablishments in Illinois Railway stations in Evanston, Illinois Railway stations in the United States closed in 1948 {{Chicago-metro-stub