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(Redirected from South Evanston station) Chicago "L" station This article is about the Purple Line station. For the former Yellow Line station, see Main station (CTA Niles Center Line).
Main 900N
732W
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
General information
Location836 Chicago Avenue
Evanston, Illinois 60202
Coordinates42°02′00″N 87°40′45″W / 42.03333°N 87.67925°W / 42.03333; -87.67925
Owned byChicago Transit Authority
Line(s)Evanston Branch
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsMetra UP-N at Evanston Main Street
CTA and Pace buses
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
OpenedMay 16, 1908; 116 years ago (1908-05-16)
Rebuilt1909; 115 years ago (1909)
Passengers
2022157,729 Increase 19.3%
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Dempstertoward Linden Purple Line South Boulevardtoward Howard or Loop
(Clark/Lake)
Former services
Preceding station Milwaukee Road Following station
Dempster Streettowards Llewellyn Park Chicago – Evanston Calvarytowards Chicago
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Dempstertoward Linden Evanston Line CalvaryClosed 1931toward Howard
Track layout
Legend
UP-N north to Kenosha
Purple north to Linden
Main St.
Evanston
Main Street
(UP-N)
Main (Purple)
Washington St.
Purple south to
Howard or
the Loop
UP-N south to Ogilvie
Location
Main Street station house in 2020

Main is an 'L' station on the CTA's Purple Line at 836 Chicago Avenue in Evanston, Illinois (directional coordinates 900 north, 732 west). It is near the Main Street station of Metra's Union Pacific North Line.

The current station has been in place since 1908, with only little renovation to the station since then, most notably a 90-foot extension of the platform in 1997 so that a motorman in the front car could see all doors stopped at the station (the platform had curved at one end previously). Main is one of the stations on the CTA's 2004-2008 Capital Improvement Plan.

Bus and rail connections

CTA

  • 206 Evanston Circulator (school days only)

Pace

  • 213 Green Bay Road (Monday–Saturday only)

Metra

References

  1. "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2022" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. February 2, 2023. Retrieved June 9, 2023.

External links

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