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Grayland 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,[2] and serves commuters between Union Station and Fox Lake, Illinois. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Grayland is in zone B. As of 2018, Grayland is the 132nd busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 357 weekday boardings.[1]

Grayland
General information
Location	3729 North Kilbourn Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60641
Coordinates	41.9488°N 87.7405°W / 41.9488; -87.7405
Line(s)	C&M Subdivision
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	CTA Bus
Construction
Structure type	Open shelter
Parking	Yes
Disabled access	No
Other information
Fare zone	B
History
Opened	1873
Passengers
2018	357 (average weekday)[1]  5.3%
Rank	132 out of 236[1]
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

As of 2022, Grayland is served by 14 trains in both directions on weekdays, by all 10 trains in both directions on Saturdays, and by all nine trains in both directions on Sundays.

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.[3] 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.[4]

Bus connections

CTA

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

References

External links

• Metra – Stations – Grayland station
• Station from Google Maps Street View

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