Main station
Main is an 'L' station on the CTA's Purple Line at 836 Chicago Avenue in Evanston, Illinois. It is near the Main Street station of Metra's Union Pacific North Line.Photo: JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Metro station
- Description: station of the Chicago ‘L’
- Also known as: “Main”
- Address: 836 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL 60202
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Main Street/Evanston station and Oceanique.
Main Street/Evanston station
Railway station
Photo: JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Main Street/Evanston is the southernmost of the three commuter railroad stations in Evanston, Illinois. It is served by Metra's Union Pacific North Line trains, which go south to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago and as far north as Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Oceanique
Restaurant
Oceanique is a fine dining gourmet French-American cuisine restaurant in Evanston, Illinois that serves seafood. Oceanique has consistently been ranked as the number one seafood restaurant in the Chicago metro area by the Zagat Guide. Oceanique is situated 530 feet northeast of Main station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Evanston Lakeshore Historic District and Rogers Park.
Evanston Lakeshore Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Thshriver, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Evanston Lakeshore Historic District is a residential historic district in Evanston, Illinois. The district encompasses a section of southeast Evanston that was developed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Rogers Park
Photo: Jdsteakley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rogers Park is the northern border of Chicago — the wild-eyed inheritor of uninhibited lakefront, swamps become beaches, and the beauty of Chicago bricks.
West Ridge
Suburb
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 4.0.
West Ridge is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is historically a middle-class neighborhood located on the far North Side of the City of Chicago. West Ridge is situated 2 miles southwest of Main station.
Main station
- Categories: elevated station, railway station, station, and transportation
- Location: Evanston, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.03319° or 42° 1′ 60″ northLongitude
-87.67965° or 87° 40′ 47″ westNetwork
Chicago Transit AuthorityOpen location code
86JJ28MC+74OpenStreetMap ID
node 7132414064OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q3278263
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Main station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “主站”
- Chinese: “主要站”
- French: “Main”
- German: “Main”
- Low German: “Main”
- Mainfränkisch: “Main”
- Russian: “Мейн”
- Spanish: “Main (Metro de Chicago)”
- Spanish: “Main”
- Ukrainian: “Мейн”
- Urdu: “مین اسٹیشن (سی ٹی اے)”
- Urdu: “مین اسٹیشن”
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