Foster Station

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  City: Evanston 

Directions to and from Foster Station  |  Nearby

Points of interest

• Northwestern University

CTA 'L'

This station is served by the Purple Line. Entrance is located on the south side of Foster Street.

A CTA ticket machine is available at the station house by the south end of the platform, which sells 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.

This elevated station features a center platform.

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

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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]