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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

This is a route-map template for the North Side Main Line, a rapid transit line in Chicago.

Note: Per consensus and convention, most route-map templates are used in a single article in order to separate their complex and fragile syntax from normal article wikitext. See these discussions [1],[2] for more information.


The map depicts the line circa 1900.

On May 31, 1900, the Northwestern Elevated Railroad began service between Wilson and the Loop. Connections were made at Wilson with the Sheridan Park station of the Chicago and Evanston Railroad for points north. Between Wilson and Chicago Avenues, the Northwestern Elevated operated a four-track line with express and local service. Local trains and stations were on the outer tracks while express trains operated on the inner tracks. Express/local stations on the four-track section were located at Sheridan, Belmont, Fullerton, Halsted, and Sedgwick and consisted of twin island platforms set between the inner and outer tracks to allow for cross platform transfers between express and local trains. As the line crossed Chicago Avenue, it narrowed to two tracks and moved from private right-of-way and onto city streets.