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==Infrastructure== [[File:Maywood IL Commuter Station with CSX freight train.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Maywood Commuter Station with CSX freight train passing|Maywood Commuter Station with CSX freight train passing]] ===Transportation=== ==== Public transportation ==== The Village of Maywood is served by the [[Metra]] commuter [[railroad]] [[Union Pacific West Line]]. Trains go east to [[Ogilvie Transportation Center]] in Chicago and as far west as [[Elburn, Illinois|Elburn]], [[Illinois]]. Travel time from [[Maywood station (Illinois)|Maywood station]] to Ogilvie is 22 to 27 minutes. There are 13 inbound trains on weekdays, five on Saturdays and four on Sundays. Maywood station is in the heart of Maywood's [[business district]]. Maywood is also served by [[Melrose Park station (Illinois)|Melrose Park station]], located on the border of Maywood and [[Melrose Park, Illinois|Melrose Park]] on the west side of town. [[Pace (transit)|Pace Bus]] serves Maywood with lines and stops throughout the Village. ==== Illinois Prairie Path ==== The [[Illinois Prairie Path]] is a multi-use nature trail for non-motorized public use: it stretches for approximately 61 miles in Cook, DuPage and Kane counties in northeastern Illinois. It was the first U.S. [[rail-to-trail]] conversion in the nation in the 1960s, adapting a former [[Right-of-way (transportation)|right-of-way]] for the old Chicago Aurora & Elgin electric railroad. In Maywood, the path runs between North and South Maywood Drive on the west side of town and along the Adams Street right-of way.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ipp.org/trail-map/|title=Trail Map - Illinois Prairie Path|work=Illinois Prairie Path|access-date=July 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> ==== Motor vehicle and air travel ==== [[Interstate 290 (Illinois)|Interstate 290]], the [[Eisenhower Expressway]], bisects (north and south) the town as it goes from Chicago west to join [[Interstate 294]], the Tri-State Tollway, in [[Hillside, Illinois|Hillside]]. Maywood is located between [[O'Hare International Airport|O'Hare]] and [[Chicago Midway International Airport|Midway]] airports.
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