Milwaukee District North Line

Milwaukee District North Line
EMD F40PH No. 120 leads an outbound train at Deerfield
Overview
Service typeCommuter rail
StatusOperating
LocaleNorthern Chicago metropolitan area
PredecessorMilwaukee Road
Current operator(s)Metra
Ridership23,257 (Avg. Weekday 2014)[1]
Annual ridership2,786,215 (2023)
Route
TerminiUnion Station
Fox Lake
Stops22
Distance travelled49.7 miles (80.0 km)
Average journey time97 minutes, stopping at all stops
Line(s) usedC&M Subdivision, Fox Lake Subdivision
Technical
Track owner(s)Metra (dispatched by Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway between Rondout and Pacific Junction)
Route map
Map Milwaukee District North Line highlighted in orange
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73.6 mi
118.4 km
67.3 mi
108.3 km
57.5 mi
92.5 km
Richmond
proposed
55.8 mi
89.8 km
Solon Mills
proposed
53.8 mi
86.6 km
Spring Grove
proposed
49.5 mi
79.7 km
Fox Lake
Fox Lake Coach Yard
47.8 mi
76.9 km
Ingleside
47.0 mi
75.6 km
46.0 mi
74 km
Long Lake
44.0 mi
70.8 km
Round Lake
41.0 mi
66 km
Grayslake
NCS to Antioch
39.2 mi
63.1 km
Prairie Crossing
35.5 mi
57.1 km
Libertyville
Chicago River (north branch)
Amtrak
North Shore Bike Path
32.3 mi
52 km
Chicago River (north branch)
28.4 mi
45.7 km
Lake Forest
24.2 mi
38.9 km
Deerfield
23.0 mi
37 km
Lake Cook Road
Chicago River
(north branch
west fork)
21.1 mi
34 km
Northbrook
20.2 mi
32.5 km
18.8 mi
30.3 km
North Glenview
17.4 mi
28 km
Glenview Amtrak
16.2 mi
26.1 km
Golf
Chicago River (north branch)
14.3 mi
23 km
Morton Grove
11.6 mi
18.7 km
Edgebrook
Chicago River (north branch)
North Branch Trail
10.2 mi
16.4 km
Forest Glen
UpperLeft arrow UP-NW
9.0 mi
14.5 km
Mayfair
UP-NW to Ogilvie LowerRight arrow
8.2 mi
13.2 km
Grayland
6.4 mi
10.3 km
Healy
enlarge… NCS to Antioch
enlarge… MD-W to Big Timber Road
Coach Yard
2.9 mi
4.7 km
Western Avenue
enlarge… UpperLeft arrow UP-W to Elburn
enlarge… UP-NW
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Union Station Amtrak
enlarge… BNSF to Aurora
enlarge… HC to Joliet
enlarge… SWS to Manhattan
Key
Milwaukee District North Line
Former route alignment
Other Metra lines
Metra Union Pacific lines
Other freight lines
CTA lines
Mileage source[2]

Handicapped/disabled access All stations are accessible except
Grayland, Mayfair, and Forest Glen.

The Milwaukee District North Line (MD-N) is a Metra commuter rail line in Chicago, Illinois and its northern suburbs, running from Union Station to Fox Lake. Although Metra does not refer to any of its lines by color, the timetable accents for the Milwaukee District North line are pale "Hiawatha Orange" in honor of the Milwaukee Road's Hiawatha passenger trains.[3]

The line utilizes the Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway's C&M Subdivision from Union Station to Rondout and Metra's Fox Lake Subdivision from Rondout to Fox Lake.

  1. ^ "Milwaukee District North Line Weekday Ridership". Regional Transportation Authority Mapping and Statistics (RTAMS). Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  2. ^ State of the System - Milwaukee District North
  3. ^ "Did you know?" (PDF). On the Bi-Level: 3. June 2009.