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Davis is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, on the Purple Line in Evanston, Illinois.It is located at 1612 Benson Avenue (directional coordinates 1600 north, 800 west), in the middle of downtown Evanston, and next to the Davis Street stop of Metra's Union Pacific North Line.
The Chicago "L" is a rapid transit system that serves the city of Chicago and seven of its surrounding suburbs. The system is operated by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA). On an average weekday, 759,866 passengers ride the "L", [ 1 ] making it the second-busiest rapid transit system in the United States, behind the New York City Subway .
It has on average 12,509 passengers, counting branch divisions, boarding each weekday as of February 2013, according to the Chicago Transit Authority. [1] The branch is 6.5 miles (10.5 km) [ 2 ] long with a total of 8 stations, and runs from the Near South Side to the Washington Park neighborhood of Chicago.
The Purple Line of the Chicago "L" is a 3.9-mile (6.3 km) route on the northernmost section of the system. The service normally begins from Linden in Wilmette and ends at Howard on Chicago's north border, passing through the city of Evanston.
The United States Postal Service suspended service for packages arriving from China and Hong Kong, but relented just hours later.
The stations were placed on the North side of tracks on the other C&NW West line, the original Chicago and Galena Union line. [4] The station buildings were built on the side for inbound Chicago passengers. The Davis Street station was the only stop in Evanston for intercity Chicago and North Western Railway trains, such as the Twin Cities 400. [5]
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