Hanson Park station

Hanson Park is a station on Metra's Milwaukee District/West in Hanson Park neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois. This station is not serviced on weekends or holidays. The station is 7.7 miles (12.4 km) away from Union Station, the eastern terminus of the line.[1] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Hanson Park is in zone B. Metra North Central Service train use these tracks but do not stop.

Hanson Park
The Hanson Park station in September 2016. The bridge for North Central Avenue is visible in the background. The holding freight railroad tracks are to the far right.
Location5621 West Armitage Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60639
Coordinates41.9168°N 87.7669°W / 41.9168; -87.7669
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
Connections CTA Buses
Construction
ParkingYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zoneB
History
Rebuilt1976, 2004
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station
Galewood
toward Big Timber Road
 Milwaukee District / West Grand/Cicero
toward Union Station
Cragin
(closed 2006)
toward Union Station
Former services
Preceding station Milwaukee Road Following station
Galewood
towards Elgin
 Suburban Service
West Line
 Cragin
towards Chicago

Parking for the station is available on both sides of Armitage Avenue between Major and Parkside Avenues. The station is sandwiched between the Metra's main line and several holding tracks for freight trains bound for either Bensenville Yard or the Belt Railway of Chicago to the south of the station. Chicago Public School football games are held at Hanson Stadium, which sits north of the station. There is a bridge to the east of the station that carries Central Ave (5600 W.) To the far west of the station is the former (now abandoned) television factory for Zenith Electronics. Before this station was built, the area around it was mostly a gigantic railroad yard for the Milwaukee Road until circa 1970's when it was demolished and moved to Bensenville yard. However, the Glidden grain elevator, located east of North Central Ave., remained on the former site until the 2000s when it was demolished to make way for a new shopping complex, residential dwellings and government buildings. In the 1960s, Zenith Electronics purchased a site of the Galewood Yards from the Milwaukee Road to build its new headquarters.

Bus connections

CTA

  • 65 Grand
  • 85 Central
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References
  1. Metra Railfan Tips - Milwaukee District/West


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