{{short description|Commuter rail station in Evanston, Illinois}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{one source|date=June 2026}} {{primary sources|date=June 2026}} {{Infobox station | style = Metra | name = {{Metra header|name=Main Street<br/><small>Evanston</small> | icon={{ric|Metra|upn}}}} | type = | image = Main Metra 061015.jpg | image_caption = | address = 600 Main Street<br />[[Evanston, Illinois]] 60202 | coordinates = | line = | other = {{rint|chicago|l}} {{rint|chicago|purple}} at {{cta|Main}}<br/> {{bus icon|12px|Local Transit}} [[Chicago Transit Authority|CTA Buses]] | structure = | platform = 2 [[side platform]]s | levels = | tracks = 2 | parking = Yes | bicycle = | passengers = 1,130 (average weekday)<ref name=":0" /> | pass_year = 2018 | pass_percent = -0.3 | pass_system = | opened = 1910{{Citation needed|date=December 2018}} | closed = | rebuilt = | electrified = | accessible = Yes | code = | owned = Union Pacific | zone = 2 | former = | pass_rank = 41 out of 236<ref name=":0" /> | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Metra|line=Union Pacific/North|left=Davis Street/Evanston|right=Rogers Park}} | other_services_header = Former services | other_services_collapsible = yes | other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Chicago and North Western Railway|line=Milwaukee Division|left=Dempster Street|right=Calvary}} | mpassengers = | map_state = collapsed | route_map = {{Evanston Main Street station|inline=y}} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 15 | mapframe-marker-color = #0f5200 | mapframe-marker = rail }}
'''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]]. Travel time to Ogilvie is typically 23 minutes, but can be as high as 26 minutes during rush hour. In Metra's zone-based fare system, the station is in zone 2. As of 2018, Main Street is the 41st busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 1,130 weekday boardings.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf|title=Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018|date=April 2019|website=Metra|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526034459/https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf|archive-date=26 May 2019|url-status=}}</ref> The station does not contain a ticket agent booth; passengers must purchase their tickets on board the train or at one of the vending machines located on the inbound platform.
As of September 20, 2025, Main Street is served by 59 trains (30 inbound, 29 outbound) on weekdays, and by all 30 trains (15 in each direction) on weekends and holidays. During the summer concert season, an extra weekend train to [[Ravinia Park station]] also stops here.
The station is located on Main Street between Chicago Avenue and Custer Avenue, with [[Chicago Transit Authority|CTA]]'s [[Main (CTA)|Main]] station immediately to the east. It is one of two Metra stations in Evanston to provide direct transfers to the CTA rail system, the other being [[Davis Street/Evanston station]]. The neighboring area contains multi-story apartment buildings and the Main Street Station Shopping District.
Main Street station also houses a cultural center known as '''Evanston Arts Depot''', which houses the offices of the Custer's Last Stand festival and has performance space for Piccolo Theatre.
==Bus and rail connections== '''[[Purple Line (Chicago Transit Authority)|CTA Purple Line]]''' *[[Main (CTA)|Main]]
'''[[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA Buses]]''' * {{rint|chicago|bus|206}} Evanston Circulator (school days only)
'''[[Pace (transit)|Pace]]''' * 213 Green Bay Road (Monday–Saturday only)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100102095438/http://metrarail.com/metra/en/home/maps_schedules/metra_system_map/up-n/station.MAINST.html Metra—Evanston Main Street] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060715162609/http://www.piccolotheatre.com/index.htm Piccolo Theatre] *[http://www.custerfair.com/index.htm Custer Fair]{{Dead link|date=January 2019}} *[https://www.google.com/maps/@42.0339726,-87.6799124,3a,75y,202.03h,87.4t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1seGc5MQt2oBwieIV-QNYClQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en Main Street entrance from Google Maps Street View]
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[[Category:Metra stations in Illinois]] [[Category:Former Chicago and North Western Railway stations]] [[Category:Railway stations in Evanston, Illinois|Main Street (Metra)]] [[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1910]] [[Category:Union Pacific North Line]]