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Main station (CTA)

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Main 900N 732W

Main 900N 732W

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

LineEvanston Branch

Platforms2 side platforms

Tracks2

ConnectionsMetra Union Pacific North Line at Main Street/Evanston CTA and Pace buses

Construction

Structure typeElevated

AccessibleNo

History

OpenedMay 16, 1908; 117 years ago(1908-05-16)

Rebuilt1909; 117 years ago(1909)

Passengers

2024191,570 6.8%

Services

Preceding station Chicago "L" Chicago "L" Following station Dempstertoward Linden Purple Line South Boulevardtoward Howard or Loop (Clark/Lake)

Preceding station Chicago "L" Chicago "L" Following station

Dempstertoward Linden · Purple Line · South Boulevardtoward Howard or Loop (Clark/Lake)

Former servicesPreceding station Milwaukee Road Following station Dempster Streettoward Llewellyn Park Chicago – Evanston Calvarytoward Chicago Preceding station Chicago "L" Chicago "L" Following station Dempstertoward Linden Evanston Line CalvaryClosed 1931toward Howard

Former services

Preceding station Milwaukee Road Following station Dempster Streettoward Llewellyn Park Chicago – Evanston Calvarytoward Chicago Preceding station Chicago "L" Chicago "L" Following station Dempstertoward Linden Evanston Line CalvaryClosed 1931toward Howard

Preceding station Milwaukee Road Following station

Dempster Streettoward Llewellyn Park · Chicago – Evanston · Calvarytoward Chicago

Preceding station Chicago "L" Chicago "L" Following station

Dempstertoward Linden · Evanston Line · CalvaryClosed 1931toward Howard

Track layoutvte Union Pacific North Line north to Kenosha Purple north to Linden Main St. Metra Main Street/Evanston Chicago "L" Main Washington St. Purple south to Howard orthe Loop Union Pacific North Line south to Ogilvie TC

Track layout

vte Union Pacific North Line north to Kenosha Purple north to Linden Main St. Metra Main Street/Evanston Chicago "L" Main Washington St. Purple south to Howard orthe Loop Union Pacific North Line south to Ogilvie TC

vte

Union Pacific North Line north to Kenosha Purple north to Linden Main St. Metra Main Street/Evanston Chicago "L" Main Washington St. Purple south to Howard orthe Loop Union Pacific North Line south to Ogilvie TC

Union Pacific North Line north to Kenosha

Purple north to Linden

Main St.

Metra Main Street/Evanston

Chicago "L" Main

Washington St.

Purple south to Howard orthe Loop

Union Pacific North Line south to Ogilvie TC

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

Union Pacific North Line Union Pacific North (at Main Street/Evanston)

External links

Media related to Main (CTA) at Wikimedia Commons

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