It ran round-trip between the North Glenview Metra station and Janesville, with a stop in Fox Lake. Leaving Chicago Union Station, the" Varsity" traveled on what is now the Milwaukee District / North Line, making stops in Glenview and Fox Lake, Illinois. After crossing into Wisconsin, the train then continued on, making stops in Walworth, Avalon, Janesville, Edgerton, Stoughton, and McFarland, before crossing Lake Monona, and the Chicago and Northwestern Railway line in the middle of the lake, and arriving in downtown Madison.