Editing Yellow Line (CTA) (section)

===Niles Center Branch===
The Yellow Line originally began as the Niles Center Branch of the old [[Chicago Rapid Transit Company]] (CRT). The rapid transit service began as part of the [[Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad|Chicago, North Shore, and Milwaukee Railroad]]'s high-speed Skokie Valley interurban line on a five-mile (8&nbsp;km) section between Howard Terminal and Dempster Street, Niles Center. It was placed in operation on March 28, 1925.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 29, 1925 |title=15,000 Witness Official Opening of Niles Center "L" |work=Chicago Daily Tribune |page=5 |id={{ProQuest|180605863}}}}</ref>

The route included several intermediate stops through Evanston and Skokie (then called Niles Center) at Ridge, Asbury, Dodge, Crawford/East Prairie, Kostner, Oakton and Main. On March 27, 1948, the Chicago Transit Authority (who had just bought out the Chicago Rapid Transit Company in 1947) discontinued service over the Niles Center Branch and replaced it with the 97 Skokie bus route. The stations were closed and remained abandoned for the next 15 years.<ref name=yellow/>

On January 21, 1963, the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad ceased all of its operations and later that year, {{convert|5|mi|km}} of trackage between Howard and Dempster was purchased by the [[Chicago Transit Authority]] (CTA). The intermediate stations were not reopened. Some of the vacant station houses were used by other businesses, including a convenience store and an electrical supplier, before finally being demolished in the 1980s.<ref name=yellow/>