Noyes station

Noyes is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, on the Purple Line in Evanston, Illinois. It is located at 909 Noyes Street (directional coordinates 2225 north, 900 west), just a few blocks west of the north end of Northwestern University's Evanston campus. The Noyes Cultural Center is also nearby. This area of Evanston is a mix of residential and light commercial properties.

Noyes   2225N 900W
Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
General information
Location	909 Noyes Street Evanston, Illinois 60201
Coordinates	42.058088°N 87.683196°W / 42.058088; -87.683196
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Evanston Branch
Platforms	1 Island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	June 16, 1916; 108 years ago (1916-06-16)
Rebuilt	1931; 93 years ago (1931)
Passengers
2022	146,364[1]  36.3%
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station Central toward Linden Purple Line Foster toward Howard or Loop (Clark/Lake)
Former services Preceding station Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Following station Central toward North Chicago Junction North Shore Line Shore Line Route Foster toward Roosevelt Road Preceding station Milwaukee Road Following station Central Avenue towards Llewellyn Park Chicago – Evanston Evanston towards Chicago
Track layout Legend Purple to Linden Noyes St. North Shore Line platform removed 1970 Purple to Howard or the Loop Gaffield Pl.
Location

The automated voice for the station was used in the song "Chamber the Cartridge" by the melodic hardcore band, Rise Against.

History

Structure

The current station was constructed in the early 1930s and is at least the second station on the site; the first was built at grade level and was demolished when the line north of University Place was elevated. Like the rest of the 'L' north of Wilson, Noyes is elevated on a solid fill embankment, unlike the steel structure commonly associated with the 'L'. The station lacks a formal station house; two staircases on the north side of Noyes Street lead up to a small area containing a customer assistant's booth, a farecard vending machine, and two turnstiles. The island platform is composed of concrete and stretches south from the station entrance, covered by a canopy its entire length. Southbound trains stop on the west side of the platform, while northbound trains stop at the east part. After the station was elevated, Noyes was capable of berthing eight-car trains. Currently the platform can only accommodate six-car trains because the concrete on the northern end of the platform has been removed, although its framing and canopy are still in place.

Former service

Noyes was served by trains of the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad on the Shore Line Route. Like Foster and Central, Noyes had an additional side platform to the west of the southbound track for exclusive use of the North Shore Line, to prevent disembarking customers from transferring to 'L' trains for free. The platform was removed sometime after the North Shore Line ceased operations over this section of the rapid transit system in 1955, but its concrete footings can still be seen opposite the current platform south of Noyes Street.

References

1. "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2022" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. February 2, 2023. Retrieved June 9, 2023.

External links

Media related to Noyes (CTA) at Wikimedia Commons

• Noyes Station Page
• Photo of the old Noyes station at Northshoreline.com
• Train schedule (PDF) at CTA official site
• Noyes Station Page CTA official site
• Noyes Street entrance from Google Maps Street View