Central (CTA Purple Line)

Central   2600N 1000W
Location	1024 Central Street Evanston, Illinois 60201
Coordinates	42°03′50″N 87°41′09″W / 42.063950°N 87.685742°W / 42.063950; -87.685742
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Purple Line
Platforms	1 Island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	CTA bus
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	May 16, 1908
Rebuilt	1931
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	260,517  1.9%
Rank	137 out of 143
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station Evanston branch Linden Terminus Purple Line Noyes toward Howard Purple Line Express Noyes toward The Loop (Clark/Lake)
Route map Purple Line north to Linden Central St. North Shore Line platform removed 1970 Purple Line south to Howard or Loop

Central is a Purple Line station of the Chicago Transit Authority 'L' system. Located at 1024 Central Street in Evanston, Illinois (directional coordinates 2600 north, 1000 west), the elevated platform sits above Central Street, half a block west of Ridge Avenue. The station itself, a Beaux-Arts structure designed by noted transit architect Arthur Gerber, is on the south side of Central Street and is entered at street level, with an auxiliary exit on the north side of the street.

The station was built close by to landmarks that include the Evanston Hospital and offices of NorthShore University HealthSystem, an Evanston fire station, Canal Shores Golf Course, and Chandler Newburger Recreation Center. Ryan Field, home of the Northwestern University Wildcats football team, and Welsh-Ryan Arena, home of Northwestern's basketball team, are a few blocks west of the station. Just west of Ryan Field on the north side of the street is the locally famous hot dog stand, Mustard's Last Stand. A few blocks further west is the Central Street station on Metra's Union Pacific/North Line. Less than a mile separate the two rail stations.

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