Branches
As ridership increased, the South Side Elevated Railroad constructed additional branches. A 3-mile (4.8 km) branch to Englewood opened in stages between 1905 and 1907 (with a short 0.9-mile (1.4 km) branch to Normal Park opening in 1907), and branches to Kenwood (the Kenwood branch) and the Union Stock Yards—both running on tracks owned by the Chicago Junction Railroad—opened in 1907 and 1908 respectively.
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