Mayfair station
Mayfair is a Metra station, located on the Milwaukee District/North Line on the border between Albany Park and Portage Park community areas of Chicago. The station is officially located at 4357 North Cicero Avenue (Illinois Route 50), however the actual location is the northeast corner of West Pensacola and North Kilpatrick Avenues. It is 9.0 miles (14.5 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, Mayfair is in zone B. As of 2018, Mayfair is the 147th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 281 weekday boardings.[1] It is the only station on Metra's Milwaukee District/North Line that is non-ADA-accessible.
Location | 4357 North Cicero Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60641 | ||||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 41.9602°N 87.7463°W | ||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Connections | Chicago "L": Montrose (Blue Line) CTA Buses | ||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | B | ||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1896 | ||||||||||||||||
Closed | 1958 (Chicago & North Western station) | ||||||||||||||||
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2018 | 281 (average weekday)[1] 1.1% | ||||||||||||||||
Rank | 147 out of 236[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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Transfers are available to the Blue Line at the nearby Montrose Avenue station, as well as CTA's bus system. Although the line does have an at-grade junction with Union Pacific/Northwest Line just north of the station platforms, there are no direct connections from here to any of the Union Pacific / Northwest Line's stops within Albany Park.
Bus and rail connections
- 54 Cicero
- 54A North Cicero/Skokie Blvd
- 78 Montrose
References
- "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.
- Metra Railfan Tips - Milwaukee District/North Line
External links
- Metra – Stations – Mayfair station
- Flickr images
- Montrose Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View