Clark Junction

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Vautravers
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Vautravers
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Market Street branch

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Lake Street Elevated
Randolph
Market Terminal

Marshfield Junction

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Laflin
Laflin St.
(Ashland somewhere)
Marshfield Ave.
Marshfield
Paulina St.
Hermitage Ave.

Randolph Street

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Cuyler

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Cuyler Avenue
Lake St. "L"
Randolph St.
Madison
Jackson
Harrison

North Side main line

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Date Event
May 1, 1885 C&E opens from Calvary to Larrabee
August 9, 1890 C&E transferred to Milwaukee Road
December 30, 1899–January 2, 1900 NW Elevated operates token service from a partially completed Wrightwood to the Loop. Only one track is in operation. The city shuts the operation down and arrests a train crew
May 31, 1900 NW Elevated begins running from Wilson to the Loop. Trains run left-handed
June 6, 1900 Addison and Larrabee open
June 7, 1900 Grace opens
June 9, 1900 Armitage, Clark, Diversey, and Webster open
September 1900 Halsted and Sedgwick switch from express/local to local-only stations
1905 Willow opens
1906 Oak opens
March 5, 1907 Lower Wilson opens
1907 NW Elevated opens the Ravenswood branch. Transfer bridge is added to Belmont
May 15, 1908 NW Elevated begins using Milwaukee Road trackage north of Wilson. Milwaukee Road ceases passenger service north of Sheridan Park
November 17, 1908 North Water Terminal opens
August 23, 1908 Howard opens
April 22, 1914 Work to elevated the tracks north of Wilson begins
1915 Thorndale opens
January 1916 Tracks north of Wilson shifted to a wooden trestle
June 1917 Milwaukee Road ceases passenger service to Sheridan Park
1918 Edgewater Beach (Berwyn) opens
1919 Howard Yard opens
1920 Buena Interchange Yard opens
1921 Grand opens, Kinzie closes
1922 4 track elevation north of Wilson opens
February 27, 1923 Lawrence opens
December 5, 1930 Merchandise Mart opens
May 7, 1942 Willow closes
October 17, 1943 State Street Subway opens
August 1, 1949 Lower Wilson closes
November 30, 1959–April 19, 1961 Wilson bottleneck removed
1959 Wilson west island platform removed from service
January 21, 1963 East and west platforms at Wilson taken out of service
1963 North Water Terminal demolished
September 20, 1970 Grand closes
April 30, 1973 Buena Interchange Yard closes with the end of 'L' freight
1974 Shop added to Howard Yard
1975 Wilson west island platform demolished
1994 Addison is rebuilt as an island platform between tracks 2 and 3
October 26, 1996 Wilson Yard and Shops burns down
March 6, 2015–September 20, 2017 Wilson reconstructed
November 19, 2021 Clark Junction flyover opens
NW Elevated switches to right-hand running
Development of the North Side Main Line
1885–1900 1900-1907
North Side Main Line in 1885
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C&ERR
to Calvary
Rogers Park
North Edgewater
Edgewater
Argyle Park
Sheridan Park
Buena Park
C&ERR
to Union Station
North Side Main Line in 1900
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C&ERR
to Central
Birchwood
Rogers Park
North Edgewater
Edgewater
Argyle Park
Sheridan ParkWilson
Wilson Yard and Shops
Buena ParkBuena
C&ERR
to Union Station
Sheridan
Grace
Addison
Vautravers Building
Clark
Belmont
Wellington
Diversey
Wrightwood
Fullerton
Webster
Armitage
Halsted
Larrabee
Sedgwick
Schiller
Division
Church Curve
Chicago
Kinzie
Chicago River
Loop
Northwestern Elevated Railroad begins operation from the Loop to Wilson
1907–1908 1908–19XX
North Side Main Line in 1907
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CM&St.P
to Central
Birchwood
Rogers Park
North Edgewater
Edgewater
Argyle Park
Sheridan ParkWilson
Wilson Yard and Shops
Buena ParkBuena
CM&St.P
to Union Station
Sheridan
Grace
Addison
Vautravers Building
Clark
Ravenswood branch
to Kimball
Belmont
Wellington
Diversey
Wrightwood
Fullerton
Webster
Armitage
Willow
(Opened 1905)
Halsted
Larrabee
Sedgwick
Schiller
Division
Church Curve
Oak
(Opened 1906)
Chicago
Kinzie
Chicago River
Loop
North Side Main Line in 1908
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NWERR
to Evanston
Howard
Birchwood
Rogers Park
Hayes
North Edgewater
Edgewater
Argyle Park
Wilson
Wilson Yard and Shops
Buena
C&ERR
to Union Station
Sheridan
Grace
Addison
Vautravers Building
Clark
Ravenswood branch
to Kimball
Belmont
Wellington
Diversey
Wrightwood
Fullerton
Webster
Armitage
Willow
Halsted
Larrabee
Sedgwick
Schiller
Division
Church Curve
Oak
Chicago
Kinzie
North Water Terminal
Chicago River
Loop
Willow opens in 1905, Oak opens in 1906, Ravenswood branch opens, lower Wilson added, Chicago and Evanston Railroad merged into the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul (Milwaukee Road) Service extended into Evanston over the Milwaukee Road trackage
1914 1922–19XX
North Side Main Line in 1922
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NWERR
to Linden
Howard Yard
Howard
Jarvis
Morse
Loyola
Granville
Thorndale
Bryn Mawr
Berwyn
Argyle
Wilson
Wilson Yard and Shops
Buena
Milwaukee Road
freight service
Sheridan
Grace
Addison
Clark
Ravenswood branch
to Kimball
Belmont
Wellington
Diversey
Wrightwood
Fullerton
Webster
Armitage
Willow
Halsted
Larrabee
Sedgwick
Schiller
Division
Church Curve
Oak
Chicago
Grand
(opened 1921)
Kinzie
(closed 1921)
North Water Terminal
Loop
Trackage north of Wilson elevated onto temporary wooden trestle Milwaukee Road trackage elevated
19XX-19XX
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NWERR
to Linden
Howard Yard
(1919)
Howard
Jarvis
Morse
Loyola
Granville
Thorndale
Bryn Mawr
Berwyn
Argyle
Lawrence
(1923)
Wilson
Wilson Yard and Shops
Buena Interchange Yard
Buena
Milwaukee Road
freight service
Sheridan
Grace
Addison
Clark
Ravenswood branch
to Kimball
Belmont
Wellington
Diversey
Wrightwood
Fullerton
Webster
Armitage
Willow Portal
Halsted
Larrabee
Sedgwick
Schiller
Division
Church Curve
Oak
Chicago
Grand
Merchandise Mart
North Water Terminal
Loop
State Street Subway opens
1949–1958 1958–1963
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NWERR
to Linden
Howard Yard
Howard
Jarvis
Morse
Loyola
Granville
Thorndale
Bryn Mawr
Berwyn
Argyle
Lawrence
Wilson
Wilson Yard and Shops
Buena Interchange Yard
Buena
Milwaukee Road
freight service
Sheridan
Grace
Addison
Clark
Ravenswood branch
to Kimball
Belmont
Wellington
Diversey
Wrightwood
Fullerton
Webster
Armitage
Willow Portal
Halsted
Larrabee
Sedgwick
Schiller
Division
Church Curve
Oak
Chicago
Grand
Merchandise Mart
North Water Terminal
Loop
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Local/express service ended, stations closed Wilson bottleneck removed
19XX–19XX 19XX-19XX
North Side Main Line 2021-Present
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To Linden
and Skokie
Howard Yard
Howard
Jarvis
Morse
Loyola
Granville
Thorndale
Bryn Mawr
Berwyn
Argyle
Lawrence
Wilson
Buena Interchange Yard
Buena
Sheridan
Grace
Addison
Clark
Clark Junction
to Ravenswood branch
Belmont
Wellington
Diversey
Wrightwood
Fullerton
Webster
Armitage
Willow
Halsted
Larrabee
Sedgwick
Schiller
Division
State Street Subway
Oak
Chicago
Grand
Merchandise Mart
North Water Terminal
Loop
North Shore Line abandoned, outer tracks (1 and 4) removed from service