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Milwaukee District/North Line 
A Metra train approaches the Deerfield station along the lineOverview Type Commuter rail System Metra Termini Union Station
Fox LakeStations 22 Daily ridership 24,500 (Avg. Weekday 2009)[1] Operation Owner Metra Operator(s) Metra (Dispatched primarily by CP) Technical Line length 49.5 Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Route map Legend
73.6 Walworth (discontinued) 
67.3 Zenda (discontinued) 55.8 Solon Mills (discontinued) 53.8 Spring Grove (discontinued) 
49.5 Fox Lake 47.8 Ingleside 
47.0 Wilson Road (discontinued) 46.0 Long Lake 44.0 Round Lake 41.0 Grayslake 39.9 Prairie Crossing (Libertyville) 35.5 Libertyville 32.3 Roundout (discontinued) 28.3 Lake Forest 24.2 Deerfield 22.9 Lake Cook Road (Deerfield) 21.1 Northbrook 18.8 North Glenview 17.4 Glenview 16.2 Golf 14.3 Morton Grove 11.6 Edgebrook 
10.2 Forest Glen 9.0 Mayfair 8.2 Grayland 6.4 Healy 
Milwaukee District/West Line 2.9 Western Avenue 
0.0 Union Station (Chicago) The Milwaukee District/North (MD-N) is a commuter rail line provided and operated by Metra in Chicago, Illinois, and its surrounding suburbs. While Metra does not specifically refer to any of its lines by a particular color, the timetable accents for the Milwaukee District North line are printed in pale "Hiawatha Orange," honoring the Milwaukee Road's Hiawatha passenger trains.[2]
Its southern terminus is Union Station in downtown Chicago. The line traverses Chicago's western neighborhoods and its northwestern and far northern suburbs to Fox Lake, Illinois. This line was originally owned and operated by 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 crews employed by Metra. However, trains are dispatched, under contract, by the Canadian Pacific Railway which runs freight service over parts this 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 in a northwesterly direction towards its terminus at 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). The mainline hosts intercity passenger trains operated by Amtrak which consists of the Hiawatha Service to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the Empire Builder to the Pacific Northwest. These trains operate out Union Station stopping only in Glenview, Cook County, Illinois.[3]
There was previously a commuter stop in Rondout, until 1984. The station building itself had been demolished in the mid-1960s. It was located between the Lake Forest and Libertyville stops.[4] 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.[5]Station stops
Milwaukee District/North Line trains make the following station stops:
References
- ^ "Ridership Reports - System Facts". Metra. http://metrarail.com/metra/en/home/about_metra/planning_records_reports/ridership_reports.html. Retrieved April 6, 2010.
- ^ "Did you know?". On the Bi-Level: 3. June 2009. http://metrarail.com/content/dam/metra/documents/Bi_Level/OTBLJune09.pdf.
- ^ Metra Railfan Tips - Milwaukee District/North Line
- ^ Chicago's Lost Stations - Milwaukee Road Chicago-Fox Lake
- ^ Chicago's Lost Stations - Milwaukee Road Fox Lake-Janesville
External links
- Metra Milwaukee District/North service schedule
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