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:.

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:.

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:.

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.