Central Street/Evanston station
Central Street/Evanston is the northernmost of the three commuter railroad stations in Evanston, Illinois. It is an elevated station at Green Bay Road and Central Street, surrounded by a neighborhood of stores, restaurants and multi-story apartment buildings.Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: Metra train station in Evanston, Illinois, USA
- Also known as: “Central Street” and “Evanston Central Street”
- Address: 1826 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Catherine Waugh McCulloch Park and Independence Park.
Ryan Field
Photo: Greenstrat, Public domain.
Ryan Field was a football stadium in the central United States, located in Evanston, Illinois, a suburb north of Chicago near the campus of Northwestern University. Ryan Field is situated 1,600 feet east of Central Street/Evanston station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Central Street and Wilmette.
Central Street
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Central Street is the principal east-west artery in the far north of Evanston, Illinois and is a major thoroughfare in other northern and northwest suburbs of Chicago.
Wilmette
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wilmette is 16 miles north of Chicago. It is part of the affluent corridor of lakefront Chicago suburbs known as the North Shore. It is the location of the world's oldest still-standing Bahá'í House of Worship.
Kenilworth
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kenilworth is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, 15 miles north of downtown Chicago. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 2,514. Kenilworth is situated 2 miles northwest of Central Street/Evanston station.
Central Street/Evanston station
- Categories: building and transportation
- Location: Evanston, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.06407° or 42° 3′ 51″ northLongitude
-87.69809° or 87° 41′ 53″ westOperator
MetraOpen location code
86JJ3872+JQOpenStreetMap ID
way 173489293OpenStreetMap feature
building=train_stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q5415994
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In Other Languages
“Central Street/Evanston station” goes by many names.
- French: “Evanston Central Street”
- French: “gare d’Evanston Central Street”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Evanston Central Street and Evanston Art Center.
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