Fox Lake Subdivision

Fox Lake Subdivision
Overview
OwnerMetra
Termini
Stations7
Service
ServicesMilwaukee District North Line
Technical
Line length17.5 mi (28.2 km)
Number of tracks1
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Route map

49.4 mi
79.5 km
Fox Lake
47.8 mi
76.9 km
Ingleside
47.0 mi
75.6 km
Wilson Road
closed
46.1 mi
74.2 km
Long Lake
44.2 mi
71.1 km
Round Lake
41.0 mi
66 km
Grayslake
39.8 mi
64.1 km
Prairie Crossing
35.5 mi
57.1 km
Libertyville
Chicago River (north branch)
North Shore Bike Path
32.3 mi
52 km
Rondout
closed

The Fox Lake Subdivision is a railway line in the state of Illinois in the United States. It runs 17.5 miles (28.2 km) from a junction with the C&M Subdivision of the CPKC Railway at Rondout, Illinois, to a junction with the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad at Fox Lake, Illinois. Metra, the commuter rail authority for the Chicago area, owns and operates the line. The line hosts Milwaukee District North Line commuter trains.[1] The entire line is single tracked, with the exception of a passing siding at Grayslake. The line is part of the former Milwaukee Road route between Chicago and Madison, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin & Southern owns the portion between Fox Lake and Janesville, Wisconsin, and has trackage rights over the Metra portion.[2] The tracks north of Metra's Fox Lake station host exclusively freight traffic.

  1. ^ "Illinois State Rail Plan" (PDF). Illinois Department of Transportation. 2012. pp. 4–16.
  2. ^ Glischinski, Steve (October 2005). "Wisconsin & Southern at 25". Trains. Vol. 65, no. 10. pp. 41–43. ISSN 0041-0934.