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North Side Main Line in 1900
edit C&ERR to Central Birchwood Rogers Park North Edgewater Edgewater Argyle Park Sheridan Park │ Wilson Wilson Yard and Shops Buena Park │ Buena C&ERR to Union Station Sheridan Grace Addison Vautravers Building Clark Belmont Wellington Diversey Wrightwood Fullerton Webster Armitage Halsted Larrabee Sedgwick Schiller Division Church Curve Chicago Kinzie Chicago River Loop

This is a route-map template for the North Side Main Line, a rapid transit line in Chicago.

• For information on using this template, refer to Template:Routemap.
• For pictograms used, see Commons:BSicon/Catalogue.

The map depicts the line circa 1900.

On May 31, 1900, the Northwestern Elevated Railroad began service between Wilson and the Loop. Connections were made at Wilson with the Sheridan Park station of the Chicago and Evanston Railroad for points north. Between Wilson and Chicago Avenues, the Northwestern Elevated operated a four-track line with express and local service. Local trains and stations were on the outer tracks while express trains operated on the inner tracks. Express/local stations on the four-track section were located at Sheridan, Belmont, Fullerton, Halsted, and Sedgwick and consisted of twin island platforms set between the inner and outer tracks to allow for cross platform transfers between express and local trains. As the line crossed Chicago Avenue, it narrowed to two tracks and moved from private right-of-way and onto city streets.