Milwaukee District/West Line

Milwaukee District/West Line
Milwaukee District/West Line
Overview
Type Commuter Rail
System Metra
Termini Union Station
Elgin/Big Timber Road
Stations 22
Daily ridership 22,100 (Avg. Weekday 2009)[1]
Operation
Owner Metra (Dispatched by CP)
Operator(s) Metra
Technical
Line length 39.8
Track gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)
Route map
Legend
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Big Timber Road
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Elgin
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National Street
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Bartlett
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Hanover Park
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Schaumburg
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Roselle
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Medinah
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Itasca
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Wood Dale
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Bensenville
Stop on track
Mannheim
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Franklin Park
Junction from left
North Central Service
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River Grove
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Elmwood Park
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Mont Clare
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Mars
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Galewood
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Hanson Park
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Grand/Cicero
Junction from left
Milwaukee District/North Line
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Western Avenue
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Union Station (Chicago)

The Milwaukee District/West (MD-W) 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/West line are printed in dark "Arrow Yellow," honoring the Milwaukee Road's Arrow passenger train.[2]

Its eastern terminus is Union Station in downtown Chicago. The line traverses Chicago's western neighborhoods and its western and far western suburbs to Elgin, Illinois.

A new station at the intersection of Grand Avenue and Cicero Avenue opened on December 11, 2006. It replaced stations in the Hermosa and Cragin neighborhoods.[3]

Metra has long-range plans to eventually extend the line to Huntley and Marengo, Illinois, and possibly out to Rockford.[4][5]

The line runs on the Canadian Pacific Railway Elgin Subdivision (Ex-Milwaukee Road line to Omaha).

Station stops

Milwaukee District/West Line trains make the following station stops:

Station name Location Notes
Union Station Downtown Chicago
Western Avenue Chicago
Hermosa Hermosa Closed in 2006
Grand/Cicero Rush hour Service only
Cragin Belmont Cragin Closed in 2006
Hanson Park Hanson Park Rush Hour Service Only
Galewood Galewood
Mars Chicago Rush Hour Service Only
Mont Clare Chicago
Elmwood Park Elmwood Park
River Grove River Grove
Franklin Park Franklin Park
Mannheim Mannheim Road (U.S. 12/U.S. 45) Rush Hour Service Only
Bensenville Bensenville
Wood Dale Wood Dale
Itasca Itasca
Medinah Medinah
Roselle Roselle
Schaumburg Schaumburg
Hanover Park Hanover Park
Bartlett Bartlett
National Street Elgin
Elgin
Big Timber Road Weekdays Only

References

External links

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


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