Main station (CTA)

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.

This article is about the Purple Line station. For the Yellow Line station, see Main station (CTA Niles Center Line).
Main
 
900N
732W
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
Location836 Chicago Avenue
Evanston, Illinois 60202
Coordinates42.03333°N 87.67925°W / 42.03333; -87.67925
Owned byChicago Transit Authority
Line(s)Evanston Branch
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections Metra: Evanston Main Street
CTA and Pace buses
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
OpenedMay 16, 1908
Rebuilt1909
Traffic
Passengers (2019)358,222[1]  3.6% (CTA)
Rank118 out of 143
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Dempster
toward Linden
 Purple Line South Boulevard
toward Howard
Purple Line
Express
 South Boulevard
toward Loop
(Clark/Lake)
Former services
Preceding station Milwaukee Road Following station
Dempster Street
towards Llewellyn Park
 Chicago – Evanston Calvary
towards Chicago
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Dempster
toward Linden
 Evanston Line Calvary
Closed 1931
toward Howard
Track layout
Purple
north to Linden
 Main St.
Washington St.
Purple
south to Howard or the Loop
Main Street station house in 2020

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

Notes and references

Notes

    References
    1. "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2019" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 13, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
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