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Milwaukee District / North Line
Milwaukee District / North Line
	EMD F40PH #120 leads an outbound train at Deerfield
Overview
Owner	Metra, Canadian Pacific, Wisconsin and Southern Railway
Termini	Union Station; Fox Lake;
Stations	22
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	Metra
Operator(s)	Metra (Dispatched primarily by CP)
Daily ridership	23,257 (Avg. Weekday 2014)
Technical
Line length	49.7 miles (80.0 km)
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map
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	73.6 mi
	118.4 km
Walworth
	67.3 mi
	108.3 km
	Wisconsin
	Illinois
	C&NW
	Northwest
	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
	47.8 mi
	76.9 km
	47.0 mi
	75.6 km
	46.0 mi
	74 km
	44.0 mi
	70.8 km
	41.0 mi
	66 km
	39.2 mi
	63.1 km
	35.5 mi
	57.1 km
	to Milwaukee, St. Paul,
	Seattle or Portland
	32.3 mi
	52 km
	28.4 mi
	45.7 km
	24.2 mi
	38.9 km
	23.0 mi
	37 km
	(north branch
	west fork)
	21.1 mi
	34 km
	20.2 mi
	32.5 km
	18.8 mi
	30.3 km
	17.4 mi
	28 km
	16.2 mi
	26.1 km
	14.3 mi
	23 km
	11.6 mi
	18.7 km
	10.2 mi
	16.4 km
	9.0 mi
	14.5 km
	8.2 mi
	13.2 km
	6.4 mi
	10.3 km
	2.9 mi
	4.7 km
	Chicago 'L'
	Logan Square branch
	UP-N to Kenosha
	UP-NW to McHenry or Harvard
	Mileage source
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The Milwaukee District / North Line (MD-N) is a Metra commuter rail line in Chicago, Illinois, and its suburbs. Metra does not refer to any of its lines by color, but the timetable accents for the Milwaukee District / North line are pale "Hiawatha Orange," honoring the Milwaukee Road's Hiawatha passenger trains.^[3] The line utilizes the Canadian Pacific Railway's C&M Subdivision. From Rondout to Fox Lake, the line is single tracked.

Operations

Metra is the primary user of the line, with commuter services operating between Union Station and Fox Lake, Illinois. As of 2015^[update] the public timetable shows 30 weekday departures to Chicago, with 18 running through to Fox Lake. Of the 12 trains not running to Fox Lake, six terminate at Deerfield, five at Grayslake, and one at Lake Forest. Metra operates a reduced schedule on weekends.^[4] This service is supplemented by Amtrak, whose Empire Builder and Hiawatha Service inter-city trains stop at Union Station and Glenview.

History

In the 1980s this line was 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 Metra crews, but trains are dispatched, under contract, by the Canadian Pacific Railway which runs freight service over parts 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 northwesterly toward 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).^[5]

Until 1984 there was a stop in Rondout. The station building itself was demolished in the mid-1960s. The station was located at Rondout Junction, where the line crosses the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway's tracks at a diamond junction.^[6] 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.^[7]

There is also talk of constructing a second branch, from Rondout north to Wadsworth and Kenosha County, Wisconsin.^[8]

Stations

Zone	Station	Municipality	County	Notes
—	Walworth	Walworth, Wisconsin	Walworth	Closed
—	Zenda	Zenda, Wisconsin	Walworth	Closed
—	Solon Mills	Solon Mills	McHenry	Closed
—	Spring Grove	Spring Grove	McHenry	Closed
J	Fox Lake	Fox Lake	Lake	Connections Pace buses: 570 Fox Lake-CLC and 806 Crystal Lake-Fox Lake
	Ingleside	Ingleside		Points of interest: Duck Lake and Fox Lake Veterans Memorial Park Connections Pace buses: 570 Fox Lake-CLC
	Wilson Road	Long Lake		Closed
	Long Lake	Long Lake
I	Round Lake	Round Lake		Connections Pace buses: 570 Fox Lake-CLC
I	Grayslake	Grayslake		Connections Pace buses: 570 Fox Lake-CLC
H	Prairie Crossing	Libertyville		Connections Metra trains: North Central Service (at Prairie Crossing)
H	Libertyville	Libertyville
—	Rondout	Rondout		Closed
F	Lake Forest	Lake Forest
E	Deerfield	Deerfield		Connections Pace buses: 471 Highland Park/Deerfield, 576 Deerfield Metra to Buffalo Grove/Lincolnshire, and 632 Lake Cook Shuttle Bug 2
	Lake Cook Road	Deerfield	Cook	Connections Pace buses: 626 Skokie Valley Limited, 627 Discover-Takeda Shuttle Bug, 631 Lake Cook Shuttle Bug 1, 632 Lake Cook Shuttle Bug 2, 633 Lake Cook Shuttle Bug 3, 634 Lake Cook Shuttle Bug 4, 635 Lake Cook Shuttle Bug 5, and 639 Lake Cook Shuttle Bug 7
	Northbrook	Northbrook		Connections Pace buses: 422 Linden CTA/Glenview/Northbrook Court
—	Techny	Techny		Closed
D	North Glenview	Glenview		Connections Pace buses: 423 Linden CTA/The Glen/Harlem CTA and 623 Glen of North Glenview-Metra Station/Willow Road Corridor
	Glenview	Glenview		Connections Amtrak trains: Empire Builder and Hiawatha Service Pace buses: 210 Lincoln Avenue, 422 Linden CTA/Glenview/Northbrook Court, and 423 Linden CTA/The Glen/Harlem CTA
	Golf	Golf		Connections: Pace buses: 210 Lincoln Avenue
C	Morton Grove	Morton Grove		Connections: Pace buses: 210 Lincoln Avenue and 250 Dempster Street
	Edgebrook	Chicago		Connections: CTA buses: 85A North Central Pace buses: 225 Central/Howard and 226 Oakton Street
	Forest Glen			Connections: CTA buses: 92 Foster
B	Mayfair			Connections: CTA "L" trains: Blue Line (at Montrose) CTA buses: 54 Cicero, 54A North Cicero/Skokie Blvd, and 78 Montrose
	Grayland			Connections: CTA buses: 56 Milwaukee and 152 Addison
	Healy			Connections: CTA buses: 53 Pulaski and 74 Fullerton
A	Western Avenue			Connections: Metra trains: Milwaukee District / West and North Central Service CTA buses: 49 Western, X49 Western Express, and 65 Grand
A	Union Station			Connections: Metra trains: Milwaukee District / West, North Central Service, BNSF Railway, Heritage Corridor, and SouthWest Service Amtrak trains: California Zephyr, City of New Orleans, Empire Builder, Hiawatha Service, Illini and Saluki, Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg, Capitol Limited, Cardinal, Hoosier State, Southwest Chief, Texas Eagle, Lake Shore Limited, Pere Marquette, Wolverine, Blue Water, and Lincoln Service CTA "L" trains: Blue Line (at Clinton), Brown, Orange, Pink, and Purple Line Express (at Quincy) CTA buses: 1 Bronzeville/Union Station, 7 Harrison, J14 Jeffery Jump, 19 United Center Express, 28 Stony Island, 56 Milwaukee, 60 Blue Island/26th, 120 Ogilvie/Streeterville Express, 121 Union/Streeterville Express, 124 Navy Pier, 125 Water Tower Express, 126 Jackson, 128 Soldier Field Express, 130 Museum Campus, 151 Sheridan, 156 LaSalle, 157 Streeterville/Taylor, 192 University of Chicago Hospitals Express Pace buses: 755 Plainfield/IMD/West Loop Express Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach: Chicago-Madison and Chicago-Rockford (via Van Galder), Chicago-Louisville (via Greyhound)

References

^ "Milwaukee District North Line Weekday Ridership". Regional Transportation Authority Mapping and Statistics (RTAMS). Retrieved July 21, 2016.
^ State of the System - Milwaukee District North
^ "Did you know?" (PDF). On the Bi-Level: 3. June 2009.
^ "Chicago to Fox Lake" (PDF). Metra. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Metra Railfan Tips - Milwaukee District/North Line
^ Chicago's Lost Stations - Milwaukee Road Chicago-Fox Lake
^ Chicago's Lost Stations - Milwaukee Road Suburban Service; North Timetable (November 14, 1971)
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[1] "Milwaukee District North Line Weekday Ridership". Regional Transportation Authority Mapping and Statistics (RTAMS). Retrieved July 21, 2016.

[2] State of the System - Milwaukee District North

[3] "Did you know?" (PDF). On the Bi-Level: 3. June 2009.

[4] "Chicago to Fox Lake" (PDF). Metra. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[5] Metra Railfan Tips - Milwaukee District/North Line

[6] Chicago's Lost Stations - Milwaukee Road Chicago-Fox Lake

[7] Chicago's Lost Stations - Milwaukee Road Suburban Service; North Timetable (November 14, 1971)

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 == Operations ==
-Metra is the primary user of the line, with commuter services operating between [[Union Station (Chicago)|Union Station]] and [[Fox Lake, Illinois]]. {{As of|2015}} the public timetable shows 30 weekday departures to Chicago, with 18 running through to Fox Lake. Of the 12 trains not running to Fox Lake, six terminate at [[Deerfield (Metra station)|Deerfield]], five at [[Grayslake (Metra station)|Grayslake]], and one at [[Lake Forest (Metra Milwaukee District / North Line station)|Lake Forest]]. Metra operates a reduced schedule on weekends.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/maps-schedules/train-lines/mdn_05112016.pdf | title=Chicago to Fox Lake | publisher=Metra | accessdate=21 July 2016}}</ref> This service is supplemented by [[Amtrak]], whose ''[[Empire Builder]]'' and ''[[Hiawatha Service]]'' [[Inter-city rail|inter-city]] trains stop at Union Station and [[Glenview (Amtrak station)|Glenview]].
+Metra is the primary user of the line, with commuter services operating between [[Union Station (Chicago)|Union Station]] and [[Fox Lake, Illinois]]. {{As of|2015}} the public timetable shows 30 weekday departures to Chicago, with 18 running through to Fox Lake. Of the 12 trains not running to Fox Lake, six terminate at [[Deerfield (Metra station)|Deerfield]], five at [[Grayslake (Metra station)|Grayslake]], and one at [[Lake Forest (Metra Milwaukee District / North Line station)|Lake Forest]]. Metra operates a reduced schedule on weekends.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/maps-schedules/train-lines/mdn_05112016.pdf | title=Chicago to Fox Lake | publisher=Metra | accessdate=21 July 2016 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816172527/https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/maps-schedules/train-lines/mdn_05112016.pdf | archivedate=16 August 2016 | df= }}</ref> This service is supplemented by [[Amtrak]], whose ''[[Empire Builder]]'' and ''[[Hiawatha Service]]'' [[Inter-city rail|inter-city]] trains stop at Union Station and [[Glenview (Amtrak station)|Glenview]].
 == History ==