Main (CTA station)

Main
Station statistics
Address 836 Chicago Avenue
Evanston, Illinois 60202
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 (2010) 365,124[1]  4.7%
Services
Preceding station   Chicago 'L'   Following station
toward Linden
 Purple Line
toward Howard or The Loop
Metra
toward Kenosha
 Union Pacific/North
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

Metra

References

  1. ^ "Annual Ridership Report: Calendar Year 2010" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority. http://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/ridership_reports/2010-Annual.pdf. Retrieved January 28, 2011. 

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