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Commuter services operated into Chicago prior to the formation of Metra.

Illinois Central West Line

Stations

Station	Municipality	County	Notes
Randolph Street Station	Chicago	Cook	Remains in service as part of Metra Electric Connections: IC Electric South Shore Line
Van Buren Street			Remains in service as part of Metra Electric Connections: IC Electric South Shore Line
Roosevelt Road			Remains in service as part of Metra Electric Connections: IC Electric South Shore Line Intercity trains at Central Station
Halsted Street			Closed
Lawndale Avenue			Closed
Crawford Avenue			Flag stop, Closed
Hyman Avenue	Cicero		Flag stop, Closed
Hawthorne			Closed
Ogden Avenue			Flag stop, Closed
Berwyn	Berwyn		Flag stop, Closed Connections: Illinois Central intercity trains: Chicago – Sioux City
Parkway	North Riverside		Flag stop, Closed
North Riverside			Flag stop, Closed
Tuxedo Park			Flag stop, Closed
Speedway			Flag stop, Closed
Broadview	Broadview		Closed
Oakridge	Hillside		Flag stop, Closed
Hillside			Closed
Elmhurst	Elmhurst	Du Page	Closed
St. Charles Road			Flag stop, Closed
Suburb Hill	Villa Park		Flag stop, Closed
South Addison	South Addison		Closed
Addison	Addison		Closed

Chicago and Evanston Railroad

Station	Municipality	County	Notes
Llewellyn Park	Wilmette	Cook	Closed
Central	Evanston		Remains in service as part of Purple Line
Noyes			Remains in service as part of Purple Line
Evanston			Remains in service as part of Purple Line
Dempster			Remains in service as part of Purple Line
South Evanston			Remains in service as part of Purple Line
Calvary			Closed
Birchwood	Chicago		Remains in service as part of Red Line
Rogers Park			Remains in service as part of Red Line
North Edgewater			Remains in service as part of Red Line Connections:
Edgewater			Remains in service as part of Red Line
Argyle Park			Remains in service as part of Red Line
Sheridan Park			Closed
Buena Park			Closed
Verona			Closed
Addison			Closed
Belmont			Closed
Lincoln			Closed
Fullerton			Closed
North Ave.			Closed
Larrabee			Closed
Union Station

Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad

Stations

Steger Depot circa 1917

Station	Municipality	County	Notes
Dearborn Station	Chicago	Cook
47th Street
Englewood
Kensington
Dolton
South Holland
Thornton
Glenwood
Chicago Heights
26th Street
Steger
Crete
Goodenow
Beecher
Sollitt
Grant Park
Momence	Momence, Illinois	Kankakee

Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad

Route

C&WI commuter
0 Dearborn Station RI to LaSalle Street SWS 1.7 mi 2.7 km Archer Avenue I-55 I-90 Stock Yards Branch 4.6 mi 7.4 km 47th Street 5.6 mi 9 km 55th Street 6.1 mi 9.8 km 59th Street 6.6 mi 10.6 km Englewood Green 7.2 mi 11.6 km Normal Park 7.7 mi 12.4 km Hamilton Park SWS RI 8.6 mi 13.8 km Auburn Park 8.9 mi 14.3 km 81st Street 9.2 mi 14.8 km 83rd Street 10.1 mi 16.3 km Oakdale 11.0 mi 17.7 km Euclid Park I-57 11.7 mi 18.8 km Fernwood 12.2 mi 19.6 km North Roseland 12.7 mi 20.4 km Roseland 13.2 mi 21.2 km Sheldon Park 13.7 mi 22 km Kensington ME Little Calumet River 16.6 mi 26.7 km Dolton

Route operated until 1964.

Stations

Station	Municipality	County	Notes
Dearborn Station	Chicago	Cook
Archer Avenue
47th Street
55th Street
59th Street			Discontinued 1963
Englewood
Normal Park			Discontinued 1963
Hamilton Park
Auburn Park
81st Street			Discontinued early 1930s
83rd Street
Oakdale
Euclid Park
Fernwood
North Roseland
Roseland
Sheldon Park
Kensington
Dolton	Dolton, Illinois

Chicago and Erie Railroad

Stations

Station	Municipality	County	Notes
Dearborn Station	Chicago	Cook
Outer terminal

Chicago Great Western

Route

CGW suburban
Grand Central Station Halstead St. Blue Island Ave. Ogden Ave. Homan Ave. Douglas Park Blvd. 48th Central Ave. Austin Park South Ridgeland Kirwin South Oak Park CA&E/Chicago "L" End B&OCT Forest Park Maywood Bellwood Indiana Harbor Belt I-294 I-290 Elmhurst IC West Line Salt Creek CA&E Villa Park UP-W Lombard I-355 North Glen Ellyn Gretna CA&E Ingalton St. Charles Fox River West St. Charles Wasco Lily Lake Virgil Richardson Sycamore DeKalb Service on B&OCT line

East of Forest Park used B&OCT to reach Chicago. Portions of the right-of-way exist as the Great Western Trail.

Stations

Elmhurst in 1962

Villa Park in 1962

Gretna in 1962

St. Charles in 1962

Sycamore in 1962

Station	Municipality	County	Notes
Grand Central Station	Chicago	Cook
Halsted St.
Blue Island Ave.
Ogden Ave.
Homan Ave.
Douglas Park Blvd.
48th
Central Ave.
Austin Park
South Ridgeland	Oak Park, Illinois
Kirwin
South Oak Park
Forest Park	Forest Park, Illinois
Maywood	Maywood, Illinois
Bellwood	Bellwood, Illinois
Elmhurst	Elmhurst, Illinois	DuPage	Depo still exists
Villa Park	Villa Park, Illinois		Depot still exists
Lombard	Lombard, Illinois
North Glen Ellyn	North Glen Ellyn, Illinois		Discontinued 1910s
Gretna	TBD
Ingalton	TBD
St. Charles	St. Charles, Illinois	Kane
West St. Charles
Wasco	Wasco, Illinois
Lily Lake	Lily Lake, Illinois
Virgil	Virgil, Illinois
Richardson	TBD	TBD
Sycamore	Sycamore, Illinois	DeKalb
DeKalb	Dekalb, Illinois

Grand Trunk Western Railroad

Stations

Station	Municipality	County	Notes
Dearborn Station	Chicago	Cook
Halsted Street
Racine Avenue
Ashland Avenue
Western Avenue
Morrell Park
Elsdon
Glendale
59th Street
Chicago Lawn
Marquette Park
Hayford
Ashburn
Ste. Maria Cem.
Evergreen Park
Tracy Avenue
Mt. Greenwood
Mt. Hope
Oak Hill
Lincoln Cemetery
Wireton
York Street
Blue Island
West Harvey
Harvey
Thornton Jct.
Oak Glen
Valparaiso	Valparaiso, Indiana

New York Central Railroad

Service ended 1964.

Stations

Station	Municipality	County	Notes
Chicago terminal	Chicago	Cook
Chesterton	Chesterton, Indiana