Milwaukee District / North Line

EMD F40PH #120 leads an outbound train at Deerfield

Overview

Type

Commuter rail

System

Metra

Termini

Union Station
Fox Lake

Stations

Daily ridership

23,257 (Avg. Weekday 2014)^[1]

Operation

Owner

Metra, Canadian Pacific, Wisconsin and Southern Railway

Operator(s)

Metra (Dispatched primarily by CP)

Technical

Line length

49.5 miles (79.7 km)

Track gauge

4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

Route map

73.6 mi

118.4 km

Walworth (Discontinued)

67.3 mi

108.3 km

Zenda (Discontinued)

Wisconsin

Illinois

57.5 mi

92.5 km

Richmond (Proposed)

55.8 mi

89.8 km

Solon Mills (Discontinued)

53.8 mi

86.6 km

Spring Grove (Proposed)

49.4 mi

79.5 km

Fox Lake

47.8 mi

76.9 km

Ingleside

47.0 mi

75.6 km

Wilson Road (Discontinued)

46.1 mi

74.2 km

Long Lake

44.2 mi

71.1 km

Round Lake

41.0 mi

66 km

Grayslake

NCS

39.8 mi

64.1 km

Prairie Crossing

35.5 mi

57.1 km

Libertyville

Des Plaines River

Chicago River(north branch)

Empire Builder

to Seattle or Portland

Hiawatha Service

to Milwaukee

North Shore Bike Path

32.3 mi

52 km

Rondout (Discontinued)

Chicago River(north branch)

28.4 mi

45.7 km

Lake Forest

24.6 mi

39.6 km

Deerfield

23.4 mi

37.7 km

Lake Cook Road

21.0 mi

33.8 km

Northbrook

20.2 mi

32.5 km

Techny (Discontinued)

18.5 mi

29.8 km

North Glenview

17.4 mi

28 km

Glenview

15.4 mi

24.8 km

Golf

Chicago River(north branch)

14.6 mi

23.5 km

Morton Grove

11.5 mi

18.5 km

Edgebrook

Chicago River(north branch)

10.2 mi

16.4 km

Forest Glen

CTA Blue Line

UP-NW

9.2 mi

14.8 km

Mayfair

8.3 mi

13.4 km

Grayland

7.5 mi

12.1 km

Healy

MD-W to ElginNCS to Antioch

Coach Yard

2.9 mi

4.7 km

Western Avenue

UP-W

Chicago 'L'

Northwest branch

UP-N UP-NW

CTA Green and Pink Lines

0 mi

Union Station

BNSF to Aurora

HC to Joliet

SWS to Manhattan

The Milwaukee District / North Line (MD-N) is a Metra commuter rail line in Chicago, Illinois, and its suburbs. Metra does not refer to any of its lines by color, but the timetable accents for the Milwaukee District / North line are pale "Hiawatha Orange," honoring the Milwaukee Road's Hiawatha passenger trains.^[2] The line utilizes the Canadian Pacific Railway's C&M Subdivision. From Rondout to Fox Lake, the line is single tracked.

Operations

Metra is the primary user of the line, with commuter services operating between Union Station and Fox Lake, Illinois. As of 2015 the public timetable shows 30 weekday departures to Chicago, with 18 running through to Fox Lake. Of the 12 trains not running to Fox Lake, six terminate at Deerfield, five at Grayslake, and one at Lake Forest. Metra operates a reduced schedule on weekends.^[3] This service is supplemented by Amtrak, whose Empire Builder and Hiawatha Service inter-city trains stop at Union Station and Glenview.

History

In the 1980s this line was the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road). With the demise of the Milwaukee Road, ownership eventually passed to Metra. Today this service is one of several Metra routes operated by Metra crews, but trains are dispatched, under contract, by the Canadian Pacific Railway which runs freight service over parts of this route.

The Milwaukee District/North Line route and Metra's track ownership diverges from the Chicago - Milwaukee - Minneapolis mainline at Rondout, Illinois and proceeds northwesterly toward Fox Lake. This secondary route, owned by Metra, was known as the Janesville Subdivision (J-Sub) of the Milwaukee Road. The mainline north of Rondout is owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP).^[4]

Until 1984 there was a stop in Rondout. The station building itself was demolished in the mid-1960s. The station was located at Rondout Junction, where the line crosses the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway's tracks at a diamond junction.^[5] Metra service and track ownership ends at Fox Lake. The tracks beyond Fox Lake are owned by the State of Wisconsin and operated for freight service by the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad. Commuter service beyond Fox Lake, abolished in 1982, served the communities of Spring Grove, Illinois, Solon Mills, Illinois, Zenda, Wisconsin, and Walworth, Wisconsin.^[6]

There is also talk of constructing a second branch, from Rondout north to Wadsworth and Kenosha County, Wisconsin.^[7]

Stations

Zone	Station	Municipality	County	Notes
N/A	Walworth	Walworth, Wisconsin	Walworth	Closed
N/A	Zenda	Zenda, Wisconsin	Walworth	Closed
N/A	Solon Mills	Solon Mills	McHenry	Closed
N/A	Spring Grove	Spring Grove	McHenry	Closed
J	Fox Lake	Fox Lake	Lake	Connections Pace buses: 570 Fox Lake-CLC and 806 Crystal Lake-Fox Lake
	Ingleside	Ingleside		Points of interest: Duck Lake and Fox Lake Veterans Memorial Park Connections Pace buses: 570 Fox Lake-CLC
	Wilson Road	Long Lake		Closed
	Long Lake	Long Lake
I	Round Lake	Round Lake		Connections Pace buses: 570 Fox Lake-CLC
I	Grayslake	Grayslake		Connections Pace buses: 570 Fox Lake-CLC
H	Prairie Crossing	Libertyville		Connections Metra trains: North Central Service (at Prairie Crossing)
H	Libertyville	Libertyville
N/A	Rondout	Rondout		Closed
F	Lake Forest	Lake Forest
E	Deerfield	Deerfield		Connections Pace buses: 471 Highland Park/Deerfield, 576 Deerfield Metra to Buffalo Grove/Lincolnshire, and 632 Lake Cook Shuttle Bug 2
	Lake Cook Road	Deerfield	Cook	Connections Pace buses: 626 Skokie Valley Limited, 627 Discover-Takeda Shuttle Bug, 631 Lake Cook Shuttle Bug 1, 632 Lake Cook Shuttle Bug 2, 633 Lake Cook Shuttle Bug 3, 634 Lake Cook Shuttle Bug 4, 635 Lake Cook Shuttle Bug 5, and 639 Lake Cook Shuttle Bug 7
	Northbrook	Northbrook		Connections Pace buses: 422 Linden CTA/Glenview/Northbrook Court
N/A	Techny	Techny		Closed
D	North Glenview	Glenview		Connections Pace buses: 423 Linden CTA/The Glen/Harlem CTA and 623 Glen of North Glenview-Metra Station/Willow Road Corridor
	Glenview	Glenview		Connections Amtrak trains: Empire Builder and Hiawatha Service Pace buses: 210 Lincoln Avenue, 422 Linden CTA/Glenview/Northbrook Court, and 423 Linden CTA/The Glen/Harlem CTA
	Golf	Golf		Connections: Pace buses: 210 Lincoln Avenue
C	Morton Grove	Morton Grove		Connections: Pace buses: 210 Lincoln Avenue and 250 Dempster Street
	Edgebrook	Chicago		Connections: CTA buses: 85A North Central Pace buses: 225 Central/Howard and 226 Oakton Street
	Forest Glen			Connections: CTA buses: 92 Foster
B	Mayfair			Connections: CTA "L" trains: Blue Line (at Montrose) CTA buses: 54 Cicero, 54A North Cicero/Skokie Blvd, and 78 Montrose
	Grayland			Connections: CTA buses: 56 Milwaukee and 152 Addison
	Healy			Connections: CTA buses: 53 Pulaski and 74 Fullerton
A	Western Avenue			Connections: Metra trains: Milwaukee District / West and North Central Service CTA buses: 49 Western, X49 Western Express, and 65 Grand
A	Union Station			Connections: Metra trains: Milwaukee District / West, North Central Service, BNSF Railway, Heritage Corridor, and SouthWest Service Amtrak trains: California Zephyr, City of New Orleans, Empire Builder, Hiawatha Service, Illini and Saluki, Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg, Capitol Limited, Cardinal, Hoosier State, Southwest Chief, Texas Eagle, Lake Shore Limited, Pere Marquette, Wolverine, Blue Water, and Lincoln Service CTA "L" trains: Blue Line (at Clinton), Brown, Orange, Pink, and Purple Line Express (at Quincy) CTA buses: 1 Bronzeville/Union Station, 7 Harrison, J14 Jeffery Jump, 19 United Center Express, 28 Stony Island, 56 Milwaukee, 60 Blue Island/26th, 120 Ogilvie/Streeterville Express, 121 Union/Streeterville Express, 124 Navy Pier, 125 Water Tower Express, 126 Jackson, 128 Soldier Field Express, 130 Museum Campus, 151 Sheridan, 156 LaSalle, 157 Streeterville/Taylor, 192 University of Chicago Hospitals Express Pace buses: 755 Plainfield/IMD/West Loop Express Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach: Chicago-Madison and Chicago-Rockford (via Van Galder), Chicago-Louisville (via Greyhound)

References

↑ "Milwaukee District North Line Weekday Ridership". Regional Transportation Authority Mapping and Statistics (RTAMS). Retrieved July 21, 2016.
↑ "Did you know?" (PDF). On the Bi-Level: 3. June 2009.
↑ "Chicago to Fox Lake" (PDF). Metra. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
↑ Metra Railfan Tips - Milwaukee District/North Line
↑ Chicago's Lost Stations - Milwaukee Road Chicago-Fox Lake
↑ Chicago's Lost Stations - Milwaukee Road Suburban Service; North Timetable (November 14, 1971)
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External links

Route map: Google

Metra Milwaukee District/North service schedule

Media related to Metra Milwaukee District/North Line at Wikimedia Commons

Metra

Lines

Current	BNSF Railway Heritage Corridor Metra Electric District Milwaukee District / North Line Milwaukee District / West Line North Central Service Rock Island District SouthWest Service Union Pacific / North Line Union Pacific / Northwest Line Union Pacific / West Line
Proposed	SouthEast Service Suburban Transit Access Route West Lake Corridor (NICTD)
NICTD Service	South Shore Line

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