Grayland station

Grayland station 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,[1] and serves commuters between Union Station and Fox Lake, Illinois. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Grayland is in zone B.

Grayland
Location3729 North Kilbourn Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60641
Coordinates41.9488°N 87.7405°W / 41.9488; -87.7405
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections CTA Bus
Construction
Structure typeOpen shelter
ParkingYes
Other information
Fare zoneB
History
Opened1873
Services
Preceding station 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 Walworth
 Suburban Service
North Line

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.[2] 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.[3]

Bus connections

CTA

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

References
  1. Metra Railfan Tips - Milwaukee District/North Line
  2. Chamberlain, Everitt (1874). Chicago and Its Suburbs. Chicago: T. A. Hungerford and Co. p. 445. Retrieved Aug 29, 2013.
  3. Michie, Thomas J. (ed.) (1901). American and English Railroad Cases, vol. 21. Charlottesville, Va: The Michie Company, Publishers. p. 252. Retrieved Aug 29, 2013. grayland john gray.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)


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