Mayfair station

For the former pumping station, see Mayfair Pumping Station.

Mayfair is a Metra station located on the Milwaukee District North Line on the border between the Albany Park and Portage Park community areas of Chicago, Illinois. The station is officially located at 4357 North Cicero Avenue (Illinois Route 50), however the actual location is the northeast corner of West Pensacola and North Kilpatrick Avenues. It is 9.0 miles (14.5 km) away from Chicago 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, Mayfair is in zone 2. As of 2018, Mayfair is the 147th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 281 weekday boardings.^[1]

Mayfair
Mayfair station in June 2024.
General information
Location	4357 North Cicero Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60641
Coordinates	41.9602°N 87.7463°W / 41.9602; -87.7463
Line(s)	C&M Subdivision
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Blue at Montrose CTA Buses
Construction
Accessible	No
Other information
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	1896
Closed	1958 (Chicago & North Western station)
Passengers
2018	281 (average weekday)[1]  1.1%
Rank	147 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station Forest Glen toward Fox Lake Milwaukee District North Grayland toward Chicago Union Station
Former services Preceding station Milwaukee Road Following station Forest Glen toward Milwaukee Chicago – Milwaukee Grayland toward Chicago Forest Glen toward Walworth Suburban Service North Line Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station Jefferson Park toward Crystal Lake Wisconsin Division Irving Park toward Chicago Sauganash toward Skokie Skokie Branch Terminus
Track layout Legend Milwaukee District North Line north to Fox Lake former C&NW Weber subd. IL 50 (Cicero Ave.) I-90 west (Kennedy Expy.) Blue I-90 east (Kennedy Expy.) Union Pacific Northwest Line Montrose Ave. east to Montrose (Blue) Milwaukee District North Line south to Chicago Union Station
Location

As of February 15, 2024, Mayfair is served by 40 trains (19 inbound, 21 outbound) on weekdays, by all 20 trains (10 in each direction) on Saturdays, and by all 18 trains (nine in each direction) on Sundays and holidays.

Transfers are available to the Blue Line at the nearby Montrose Avenue station, as well as CTA's bus system. Although the line has an at-grade junction with Union Pacific Northwest Line just north of the station platforms, there are no direct connections from here to any of the UP-NW's stops within Albany Park. The Northwest Line station platforms closed in 1958.

Bus and rail connections

CTA Blue Line

• Montrose

CTA Buses

• 54 Cicero
• 54A North Cicero/Skokie Blvd (Weekday Rush Hours only)
• 78 Montrose