Chicagoland RailMD-N Line (Milwaukee North) — Metra schedule & live train times
The MD-N Line — Metra's Milwaukee North route — runs between Fox Lake and Chicago Union Station, serving 22 stations. A typical weekday has 54 trains, 27 of them toward downtown.
At a glance
- Downtown terminal
- Chicago Union Station
- Outer terminal
- Fox Lake
- Stations
- 22
- Weekday trains
- 54 (27 toward downtown, 27 outbound)
- Saturday / Sunday trains
- 20 / 18
- End to end
- 88–107 min (express to all-stops)
- First weekday train to downtown
- 4:40 AM from Fox Lake
- Last weekday train to downtown
- 10:30 PM from Fox Lake
- Express runs
- 1 of 12 from Fox Lake
- Fare zones
- 1, 2, 3, 4
- One-way to downtown
- $3.75–$6.75
Branches and short turns
Not every MD-N train starts at Fox Lake. On a typical weekday these are the other origins for trains toward Chicago Union Station:
- Grayslake — 9 weekday trains
- Lake Forest — 4 weekday trains
Every MD-N station
In order from Fox Lake to Chicago Union Station. Fares are the full one-way adult fare to Chicago Union Station, priced by fare zone.
| Station | Zone | One-way downtown |
|---|---|---|
| Fox Lake | 4 | $6.75 |
| Ingleside | 4 | $6.75 |
| Long Lake | 4 | $6.75 |
| Round Lake | 4 | $6.75 |
| Grayslake | 4 | $6.75 |
| Prairie Crossing | 4 | $6.75 |
| Libertyville | 4 | $6.75 |
| Lake Forest | 4 | $6.75 |
| Deerfield | 4 | $6.75 |
| Lake-Cook | 3 | $5.50 |
| Northbrook | 3 | $5.50 |
| Glen/N. Glenview | 3 | $5.50 |
| Glenview | 3 | $5.50 |
| Golf | 3 | $5.50 |
| Morton Grove | 2 | $3.75 |
| Edgebrook | 2 | $3.75 |
| Forest Glen | 2 | $3.75 |
| Mayfair | 2 | $3.75 |
| Grayland | 2 | $3.75 |
| Healy | 2 | $3.75 |
| Western Ave | 2 | $3.75 |
| Chicago Union Station | 1 | — |
Day Pass and Monthly prices, and fares between two suburban stations, are in the app's fare sheet.
Live times, delays and alerts
The numbers above are the published schedule. For what's actually running — live departures, delay minutes, cancellations and MD-N service alerts — open the app and pick your two stations. It's free, installs to your phone, and works offline on the last schedule it loaded.
Other Metra lines
BNSF — Burlington Northern · HC — Heritage Corridor · MD-W — Milwaukee West · ME — Metra Electric · NCS — North Central Service · RI — Rock Island · SWS — Southwest Service · UP-N — Union Pacific North · UP-NW — Union Pacific Northwest · UP-W — Union Pacific West