Main (CTA station)

Main
Station statistics
Address	836 Chicago Avenue Evanston, Illinois 60202
Coordinates	42.03333°N 87.67925°W / 42.03333; -87.67925
Lines	Purple Line
Connections	CTA bus, Metra
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	May 16, 1908
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Traffic
Passengers (2011)	378,915  3.8%
Services
Preceding station   Chicago 'L'   Following station Dempster toward Linden Purple Line South Boulevard toward Howard or The Loop Metra Evanston Davis Street toward Kenosha Union Pacific/North Transfer at: Evanston Main Street Rogers Park toward Ogilvie

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

The current station has been in place since 1908, with only slight modifications to the station since, 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

• #N201 Central/Sherman (Owl Service)
• #205 Chicago/Golf

Metra

• Evanston Main Street (Metra)

External links

• Train schedule (PDF) at CTA official site
• Main Street (Evanston Line) Station Page
• Main Street Station Page CTA official site
• Main Street Station Chicago Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View