Northwestern Elevated Railroad

Northwestern Elevated Railroad
A wooden 'L' train at Argyle on the newly elevated tracks in 1916
Overview
Locale	Chicago, Illinois
Service
Type	Rapid transit
Operator(s)	Northwestern Elevated Railroad Company (1893–1924)
History
Opened	May 31, 1900[1]
Closed	1924 (merged into Chicago Rapid Transit Company)
Technical
Character	Elevated
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Third rail, Trolley wire 600 V DC
Route map Legend CNS&M to Milwaukee Linden Wilmette Evanston Isabella North Shore Channel Central Noyes Foster Church Terminal (CNS&M) Davis Dempster Main Calvary Evanston Chicago Howard Jarvis Rogers Park Loyola Granville Thorndale Bryn Mawr Edgewater Beach Kimball Argyle Kedzie Lawrence Francisco Chicago River North Branch Rockwell Wilson Western Milwaukee Road to Union Station Robey Ravenswood Buena Montrose Sheridan Irving Park Grace Addison Addison Paulina Clark Southport Clark Junction Belmont Wellington Diversey Wrightwood Fullerton Webster Center Willow Halsted Larrabee Sedgwick Schiller Division Oak Chicago Grand Wells Street Station (C&NW) Kinzie North Water Terminal Chicago River to the Loop This diagram: view talk edit

The Northwestern Elevated Railroad was the last of the privately constructed rapid transit lines to be built in Chicago. The line ran from the Loop in downtown Chicago north to Wilson Avenue in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood with a branch to Ravenswood and Albany Park that left the main line at Clark Street. The Ravenswood line is now operated as the Brown Line, while the Main Line is used by the Purple and Red Lines.