Central Station (CTA Purple Line)

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  City: Evanston 

Directions to and from Central Station (CTA Purple Line)  |  Nearby

Points of interest

• Evanston Hospital
• Ryan Field

CTA 'L'

This station is served by the Purple Line.

CTA ticket machines are available at the station house on the south side of Central Street, which sell reloadable Ventra card, single-ride, or 1 day ticket. All riders must pass through the turnstile with a valid Ventra card, ticket, contactless bank card, or mobile device with Apple/Samsung/Android Pay. Platform also has exit only stairs to north side of Central street.

This elevated station features a center platform.

South to Howard, the Loop	North to Linden
Real time departures:
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⇓ Next Station: Noyes	⇑ Next Station: Linden

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CTA service advisory

• special-note: State/Lake Elevated Station Temporary ClosureEffective, now, the State/Lake Loop Elevated station is closed for reconstruction into 2029. Please use adjacent stations at Clark/Lake or Washington/Wabash. [1]
• special-note: Elevator at Chicago Temporarily Out-of-ServiceThe Kimball- and Linden-bound platform elevator at Chicago (Brown, Purple Lines) is temporarily out-of-service due to upgrading. [2]
• special-note: Elevator at Washington/Wabash Temporarily Out-of-ServiceThe Brown Line and Harlem-bound Green Line platform elevator at Washington/Wabash is temporarily out-of-service due to a electrical issue. [3]

Bus

CTA

201

Central/Ridge