Main (CTA)

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Main
Station statistics
Address	836 Chicago Ave., Evanston, IL 60202
Coordinates	(900N/732W)
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 (2006)	366,894 ▲ 1%

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 1910, 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.

[edit] Bus & Rail Connections

CTA Buses

• #200 Main Shuttle
• #N201 Central/Sherman (Owl Service)
• #205 Chicago/Golf

Metra Trains

• Evanston Main Street (Metra)

[edit] External links

• Train schedule (PDF) at CTA official site
• Main Street (Evanston Line) Station Page

• Main (CTA) is at coordinates 42°01′00″N 87°40′45″W / 42.03333, -87.67925 (Main (CTA))Coordinates: 42°01′00″N 87°40′45″W / 42.03333, -87.67925 (Main (CTA))

Preceding station		Chicago 'L'		Following station
Dempster toward Linden		Purple Line		South Blvd toward Howard or the Loop
Preceding station		Metra		Following station
Evanston Davis Street toward Kenosha		Union Pacific/North Transfer at: Evanston Main Street		Rogers Park toward Ogilvie