Main is an 'L' station on the CTA's Purple Line at 836 Chicago Avenue in

Evanston, Illinois Evanston is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, situated on the North Shore (Chicago), North Shore along Lake Michigan. A suburb of Chicago, Evanston is north of Chicago Loop, downtown Chicago, bordered by Chicago to the south, Skok ...

(directional coordinates 900 north, 732 west). It is near the

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. 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 * Evanston Main Street

References

External links

Train schedule (PDF)
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CTA official site

Main Street Station PageCTA official site

Main Street Station Chicago Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
CTA Purple Line stations Railway stations in Evanston, Illinois Railway stations in the United States opened in 1908 1908 establishments in Illinois {{Illinois-railstation-stub