Central (CTA Purple Line)

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For other stations on the CTA system named Central, see Central (CTA).

Central
Station statistics
Address	Central Street and Girard Avenue Evanston, IL
Lines	Purple Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Other information
Passengers (2006)	268,068 4%
Opened	1908
Rebuilt	1931

Central is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, on the Purple Line at 1022 Central Street in Evanston, Illinois (directional coordinates 2600 north, 1000 west).Landmarks close to the station are Evanston Hospital, a fire station, Peter Jans golf course, and the parking lot for the Chandler Newburger Recreation Center. Ryan Field (formerly known as Dyche Stadium), the home of Northwestern University's football team, and Welsh-Ryan Arena, the home of Northwestern's basketball team, are a few blocks west of the station. Just past Ryan Field on the north side of the street is the Evanston landmark Mustard's Last Stand, a hot dog stand that specializes in the bacon double cheeseburger.

The station sits above Central Street, just west of Ridge Avenue. Central Street station on Metra commuter railroad is less than a mile to the west.

[edit] External links

• Central at Chicago-'L'.org
• CTA - Train schedule

• Ridership figures, 2006

• Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 42.063950° -87.685742°
  • Satellite image from WikiMapia, Google Maps or Windows Live Local
  • Street map from MapQuest or Google Maps
  • Topographic map from TopoZone
  • Aerial image from TerraServer-USA

Previous station		Chicago 'L'		Next station
Linden Terminus		Purple Line		Noyes toward Howard or the Loop