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Track Maps

This is a collection of Chicago rapid transit track maps. The historic maps are digitized as they were originally published. The contemporary track maps were rendered for Chicago-L.org.

Although the more recent maps, dating from 2002, are largely broken up based on different routes, they are not route maps per se, showing the logical routings of the passenger trains. They are only track maps, showing the physical tracks making up the rapid transit system. Route maps, both historical and current, are available here.

Historic Track Maps | 2002 Track Maps

Historic Track Maps

Publisher:.

Chicago Elevated Railways (CER)

Date of Map:.

1913

Map Downloads:.

North Side Track Map (190k JPG)

South Side Track Map (438k PDF)

Loop Track Map (201k PDF)

Notes:.

Depicts North Side lines (main line, Evanston branch, Ravenswood branch), South Side lines (main line and Kenwood, Stock Yards, Englewood, Jackson Park and Normal Park branches), and Loop Elevated. Part of a manual issued to motorman to prepare them for the 1913 through-routing of trains between the North and South sides. (Thanks to John Allen for the South Side and Loop map scans.)

Publisher:.	Chicago-L.org
Date of Map:.	1949
Map Downloads:.	Track Map (121k JPG)
Notes:.	Depicts the Westchester branch in 1949, two years before abandonment.

Publisher:.	Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)
Date of Map:.	November 1952
Map Downloads:.	Cover and West Side Track Map, part 1 (1.1MB PDF) West Side Track Map, part 2 (731k PDF) North Side and Loop Track Map (734k PDF) South Side and Loop Track Map (652k PDF)
Notes:.	Map includes the Stock Yards, Kenwood and Normal Park branches. Last track map with the Garfield Park elevated before the use of temporary street-level running to demolish the elevated and built the replacement Congress Line. (Thanks to John Allen for the scans.)

Publisher:.	Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)
Date of Map:.	December 1965
Map Downloads:.	Cover and West Side Track Map, part 1 (576k PDF) West Side Track Map, part 2 (519k PDF) West Side Track Map, part 3 (496k PDF) North Side Track Map (521k PDF) Near North Side and Loop Track Map (555k PDF) South Side and Loop Track Map (598k PDF)
Notes:.	Map includes recently opened Lake Street Elevation in Oak Park (although Harlem Yard is still under construction) and Skokie Swift service. (Thanks to John Allen for the scans.)

2002 Track Maps

The 2002 track maps are available in sections. Each sectional map is a JPG, approximately 100k or less.

Click on a section of route or section name to view a track map.

Publisher:.	Chicago Elevated Railways (CER)
Date of Map:.	1913
Map Downloads:.	North Side Track Map (190k JPG) South Side Track Map (438k PDF) Loop Track Map (201k PDF)
Notes:.	Depicts North Side lines (main line, Evanston branch, Ravenswood branch), South Side lines (main line and Kenwood, Stock Yards, Englewood, Jackson Park and Normal Park branches), and Loop Elevated. Part of a manual issued to motorman to prepare them for the 1913 through-routing of trains between the North and South sides. (Thanks to John Allen for the South Side and Loop map scans.)