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Maywood is a Metra commuter railroad station in the village of Maywood, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, on the Union Pacific West Line. Trains go east to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago and as far west as Elburn, Illinois. Travel time to Ogilvie is 22 to 27 minutes.
Maywood station may refer to: Maywood station (Illinois) , a commuter rail station in suburban Chicago, Illinois Maywood Station Museum , a museum and former railway station in Maywood, New Jersey
[1] [2] The Metra system has a total of 243 active stations spread out on 11 rail lines with 487.5 miles (784.6 km) of tracks. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] As of May 2024 [update] , an infill station, Auburn Park , is currently under construction on the Rock Island District .
At least one house in what became Maywood is known to have been used as a station on the Underground Railroad, to aid refugee African-American slaves in escaping to freedom in the North. Some settled in the free state of Illinois; others went on to Canada, which had abolished slavery, seeking further distance from slavecatchers.
The Union Pacific West Line (UP-W) is a Metra commuter rail line operated by Union Pacific Railroad in Chicago, Illinois and its western suburbs. Metra does not refer to its lines by particular colors, but the timetable accents for the Union Pacific West line are "Kate Shelley Rose" pink, honoring an Iowa woman who saved a Chicago & North Western Railway train from disaster in 1881.
Westchester Maywood branch stations [5] [1] [3] Station Location Des Plaines: 711 S. Des Plaines Avenue, Forest Park 5th Avenue: 5th Avenue near Quincy Street, Maywood 11th Avenue: 11th Avenue and South Maywood Drive, Maywood 17th Avenue: 17th Avenue and South Maywood Drive, Maywood 25th Avenue: 25th Avenue and Maywood Drive, Maywood Bellwood
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Visitors to the Maywood Station Museum are invited to come aboard Caboose 24542 and view additional displays and an operating model train layout. The Maywood Station Museum collection also includes original New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad ALCO Type S-2 Locomotive #206, which has also been restored by Maywood Station Historical ...