Main station (CTA)

Main
General information
Location	836 Chicago Avenue Evanston, Illinois 60202
Coordinates	42.03333°N 87.67925°W / 42.03333; -87.67925
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Purple Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	CTA bus, Metra
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	May 16, 1908
Rebuilt	1909
Passengers
2015	398,927  1.1% (CTA)
Rank	123 out of 143
Services
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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 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

• 205 Chicago/Golf

Metra

• Evanston Main Street (Metra)

External links

Media related to Main (CTA) at Wikimedia Commons

• 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