CrawfordâÂÂEast Prairie was a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Niles Center branch, now known as the Yellow Line. The station was located at Mulford Street between Crawford Avenue and East Prairie Road in Skokie, Illinois. CrawfordâÂÂEast Prairie was situated east of Kostner and west of Dodge. CrawfordâÂÂEast Prairie opened on March 28, 1925, and closed on March 27, 1948, upon the closing of the Niles Center branch.