Central is a Purple Line station of the Chicago Transit Authority 'L'system.

Located at 1022 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.