Central Street/Evanston is the northernmost of 3 Metra Union Pacific North Line Stations in the City of Evanston. The station is located on an elevated ROW between the bridges of Central Street (at its northern end) and Lincoln Street. The station has two side platforms for the two-track line. The station is just over a half-mile west of the Central 'L' Station on the Purple Line.
The station contains a two story, entirely brick station house at the SW corner of Central Street and Poplar Avenue. A portion of the building is covered in ivy. An exterior staircase leads up to the Inbound platform through station house. At platform level the station house contains a ticket office and waiting room open for one weekday morning shift. This building is attached to a wooden platform canopy structure. Additional, more modern green canopies are located in the middle of the Inbound and Outbound platforms, with another canopy on the Outbound platform across from the station house. These canopies cover windscreened benches. The ends of the canopies have signs with gold text that say Central Street and Evanston beneath in smaller lettering. The Outbound platform has a similar staircase near the SE corner of Central Street and Green Bay Road. In the middle of each platform is a ramp, and the southern ends of the platforms have staircases down to (in the case of the Outbound platform) and near (since the platform ends) Lincoln Street.
All Photos taken on 25 October, 2018
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