Metro
06-06-1892:
Chicago & South Side Rapid Transit Co. (Jackson Park
Line) > Congress St. Terminal - 39th St. (later:
Pershing Road) [steam power]
15-08-1892: Chicago & South Side Rapid Transit Co.
(Jackson Park Line) > Pershing Road - 47th St. [steam
power]
01-10-1892: Chicago & South Side Rapid Transit Co.
(Jackson Park Line) > 47th - 58th St. (later:
Garfield) [steam power]
22-01-1893: Chicago & South Side Rapid Transit Co.
(Jackson Park Line) > Garfield - 61st St. [steam
power)
23-04-1893: Chicago & South Side Rapid Transit Co.
(Jackson Park Line) > 61st St. - Dorchester [steam
power]
01-05-1893: Chicago & South Side Rapid Transit Co.
(Jackson Park Line) > Dorchester - Worldsīs Fair
[steam power]
10-10-1893: Chicago & South Side Rapid Transit Co.
(Jackson Park Line) > Jackson Park - Worldīs Fair
[steam power] closed
06-11-1893: Lake Street Elevated Railroad Co. > Market
St. Terminal - California [steam power]
24-11-1893: Lake Street Elevated Railroad Co. >
California - Laramie [steam power]
10-01-1894: Lake Street Elevated Railroad Co. >
Clinton - State St. [steam power]
06-05-1895:
Metropolitan West Side elevated Railroad > Canal St. -
Robey (later: Damen)
15-05-1895: Metropolitan West Side elevated Railroad >
Canal St. - 5th Ave Terminal (later: Wells St.
Terminal)
25-05-1895: Metropolitan West Side elevated Railroad >
Damen - Logan Square
17-06-1895: Metropolitan West Side elevated Railroad
(Garfield Park Line) > (Wells St. Terminal) -
Marshfield - Cicero
29-07-1895: Metropolitan West Side elevated Railroad
(Humbolt Park Line) > (Wells St. Terminal) - Damen -
Lawndale
28-08-1895: Metropolitan West Side elevated Railroad
(Douglas Park Line) > (Wells St. Terminal) -
Marshfield - 18th St.
14-06-1896: Lake Street Elevated Railroad Co. > State
St. / Market St. Terminal - Laramie [electrified]
20-06-1896: Lake Street Elevated Railroad Co. > State
St. / Market St. Terminal - Laramie [electrified service
withdrawn]
08-09-1896: Metropolitan West Side elevated Railroad
(Douglas Park Line) > 18th - Western
14-06-1896: Lake Street Elevated Railroad Co. > State
St. / Market St. Terminal - Laramie [electrified service
restored]
08-11-1896: Lake Street Elevated Railroad Co. > State
St. - Adams St.
03-10-1897: Lake Street Elevated Railroad Co. > Adams
St. - Clinton St. [Outer LOOP completed]
11-10-1897: Metropolitan West Side elevated Railroad
(Douglas Park Line/Garfield Park Line/Humbolt Park Line)
> Canal St. - Clark St. / Adams St. [Inner LOOP
completed] and Canal St. - Wells St. Terminal closed
18-10-1897: South Side Elevated Railroad > 12th St. -
Inner LOOP [steam power]
20-04-1898: South Side Elevated Railroad > Inner LOOP
- Jackson Park [electrified] and 12 St. - Inner
LOOP [steam power] closed
15-04-1899: Lake Street Elevated Railroad Co. >
Laramie - Austin
14-05-1899: Lake Street Elevated Railroad Co. > Austin
- Wisconsin
30-05-1899: Lake Street Elevated Railroad Co. >
Wisconsin - Harlem Race Track
25-10-1899: Lake Street Elevated Railroad Co. >
Wisconsin - Harlem Race Track service withdrawn
25-10-1899: Lake Street Elevated Railroad Co. >
Wisconsin - Harlem Race Track service restored
31-05-1900: Northwestern Elevated Railroad Co. (Wilson
Line) > Outer LOOP - Wilson
25-01-1901: Lake Street Elevated Railroad Co. > Oak
Park - Marion
10-03-1902: Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway
(Douglas Park Line) > Western - Lawndale
10-03-1902: South Side Elevated Railroad > 12th St. -
Congress St. Terminal [electrified] reopened
16-06-1902: Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway
(Douglas Park Line) > Lawndale - Crawford (later:
Pulaski) and Douglas Park station added
17-08-1902: Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway
(Garfield Park Line) > Cicero - Laramie
11-11-1902: Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway
(Humboldt Park Branch) > Humboldt Park station
added
03-10-1904: Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway
(Douglas Park Line/Garfield Park Line/Humbolt Park Line)
> Canal St. - Wells St. Terminal reopened
11-03-1905: Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway
(Garfield Park Line) > Laramie - Des Plaines
03-11-1905: South Side Elevated Railroad (Englewood Line)
> (Inner LOOP) / (Congress St. Terminal) - 58th St. -
State St.
10-12-1905: South Side Elevated Railroad (Englewood Line)
> State St. - Wentworth
11-01-1906: South Side Elevated Railroad (Englewood Line)
> Wentworth - Princeton
03-11-1906: South Side Elevated Railroad (Englewood Line)
> Princeton - Harvard
24-12-1906: South Side Elevated Railroad (Englewood Line)
> Harvard - Halsted
25-02-1907: South Side Elevated Railroad (Englewood Line)
> Halsted - Racine
18-05-1907: Northwestern Elevated Railroad Co.
(Ravenswood Line) > (Outer LOOP) - Belmont - Western
22-05-1907: Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway
(Douglas Park Line) > Pulaski - Kenton
25-05-1907: South Side Elevated Railroad (Normal Park
Line) > Harvard - 69th St. [Englewood Line service]
13-07-1907: South Side Elevated Railroad (Englewood Line)
> Racine - Loomis
20-09-1907: South Side Elevated Railroad (Kenwood Line)
> (Inner LOOP) - Indiana - 42nd Place
14-12-1907: Northwestern Elevated Railroad Co.
(Ravenswood Line) > Western - Kimball Ave.
16-12-1907: Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway
(Douglas Park Line) > Kenton - 48th Ave.
09-04-1908: South Side Elevated Railroad (Stock Yards
Line) > Indiana - Stock Yards LOOP
16-05-1908: Northwestern Elevated Railroad Co. (Evanston
Line) > (Outer LOOP) - Wilson - Central
23-08-1908: Northwestern Elevated Railroad Co. (Evanston
Line) > Howard station added
17-11-1908: Northwestern Elevated Railroad Co. (Evanston
Line/Ravenswood Line/Wilson Line) > Merchandise Mart -
N. Water St. Terminal
06-01-1909: Northwestern Elevated Railroad Co. (Evanston
Line) > Foster station added
14-05-1910: Chicago & Oak Park Elevated Railway >
Marion - Forest Park
16-08-1910: Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway
(Douglas Park Line) > 48th Ave. - 52nd Ave.
02-04-1912: Northwestern Elevated Railroad Co. (Evanston
Line) > Central - Linden [provisional station]
01-08-1912: Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway
(Douglas Park Line) > 52nd Ave. - 56th Ave.
01-11-1913: 14-05-1910: Chicago & Oak Park Elevated
Railway > [rerouted via Inner LOOP]
03-11-1913: South Side Elevated Railroad (Englewood
Line/Kenwood Line) > [rerouted via Outer LOOP]
08-11-1913: Northwestern Elevated Railroad Co. (Evanston
Line) > Linden [permanet station] station added
__-__-1915: Northwestern Elevated Railroad Co. (Evanston
Line) > Thorndale station added
01-08-1915: Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway
(Douglas Park Line) > 52nd Ave. - Lombard
__-__-1918: Northwestern Elevated Railroad Co. (Evanston
Line) > Berwyn station added
27-02-1923: Northwestern Elevated Railroad Co. (Evanston
Line) > Lawrence station added
16-03-1924: Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway
(Douglas Park Line) > Lombard - Oak Park
28-03-1925: Chicago Rapid Transit Co. (Skokie Swift) >
Howard - Dempster (later: Skokie)
01-10-1926: Chicago Rapid Transit Co. (Garfield Park
Line) > Des Plaines - Roosevelt Road
01-12-1930: Chicago Rapid Transit Co. (Garfield Park
Line) > Roosevelt Road - Mannheim & 22nd St.
17-10-1943: Chicago Rapid Transit Co. (Englewood
Line/Evanston Line/Jackson Park Service/Normal
Park Line/Ravenswood Line) > Fullerton - Roosevelt rerouted
via new State Street Subway
