Grayland station

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Grayland
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Location3729 North Kilbourn Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60641
Coordinates41°56′56″N 87°44′26″W / 41.9488°N 87.7405°W / 41.9488; -87.7405Coordinates: 41°56′56″N 87°44′26″W / 41.9488°N 87.7405°W / 41.9488; -87.7405
Line(s)C&M Subdivision
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsLocal Transit CTA Bus
Construction
Structure typeOpen shelter
ParkingYes
Other information
Fare zoneB
History
Opened1873
Passengers
2018357 (average weekday)[1] Increase 5.3%
Rank132 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metramlogo.svg Metra Following station
Mayfair
toward Fox Lake
 Milwaukee District North Healy
toward Union Station
Former services
Preceding station Milwaukee Road Following station
Mayfair
towards Milwaukee
 Chicago – Milwaukee Healy
towards Chicago
Mayfair
towards
Suburban Service
North Line

Grayland is a Metra commuter railroad station in the Old Irving Park neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois, along the Milwaukee District North Line. It is located at 3729 North Kilbourn Avenue, is 8.2 miles (13.2 km) away from Union Station, the southern terminus of the line,[2] and serves commuters between Union Station and Fox Lake, Illinois. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Grayland is in zone B. As of 2018, Grayland is the 132nd busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 357 weekday boardings.[1]

As of 2022, Grayland is served by 14 trains in both directions on weekdays, by all 10 trains in both directions on Saturdays, and by all nine trains in both directions on Sundays.

The station is an open platform shelter near the Union Pacific Railroad crossing/remote-Tower A-5. Parking is available on Kilbourn Avenue along the west side of the tracks south of Milwaukee Avenue, and on-street parking is also available on Kilbourn Avenue along the east side of the tracks north of Milwaukee Avenue.

The station was opened in 1873 to service Grayland, at the time a suburb of Chicago (annexed in 1889) created by subdividing John Gray's farm.[3] Gray deeded the land the already built depot was on to the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad in return for a promise to maintain and service the depot, thus insuring that the inhabitants of Gray's subdivision would have easy transport to Chicago and back.[4]

Bus connections[]

CTA

  • 56 Milwaukee
  • 152 Addison (1 block south at Addison and Milwaukee Ave.)

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 26, 2019.
  2. ^ "Metra Railfan Tips - Milwaukee District/North Line". Chicago Transit & Railfan Web Site. Archived from the original on January 29, 2010.
  3. ^ Chamberlain, Everitt (1874). Chicago and Its Suburbs. Chicago: T. A. Hungerford and Co. p. 445. Retrieved August 29, 2013 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Michie, Thomas J., ed. (1901). American and English Railroad Cases, vol. 21. Charlottesville, Va: The Michie Company, Publishers. p. 252. Retrieved August 29, 2013 – via Archive.org. grayland john gray.

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