Hanson Park station

{{short description|Commuter rail station in Chicago, Illinois}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox station | style = Metra | name = {{Metra header | name=Hanson Park | icon={{ric|Metra|mdw}} }} | type = | image = Hanson Park Station - September 2016.jpg | image_caption = Hanson Park station in September 2016. The bridge for N. Central Avenue is visible in the background. The holding freight railroad tracks are to the far right. | address = 5621 West Armitage Avenue<br />[[Chicago, Illinois]] 60639 | coordinates = {{coord|41.9168|-87.7669|type:railwaystation_region:US-IL|display=inline,title}} | line = Elgin Subdivision | other = {{bus icon|12px|Local Transit}} [[Chicago Transit Authority|CTA Buses]] | structure = | platform = 2 [[side platform]]s | depth = | levels = | tracks = 3 | parking = Yes | bicycle = | passengers = 58 (average weekday)<ref name=":0" /> | pass_year = 2018 | pass_percent = -3.3 | pass_rank = 207 out of 236<ref name=":0" /> | pass_system = | opened = | closed = | rebuilt = 1976, 2004 | electrified = | accessible = Yes | code = | owned = | zone = 2 | former = | services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Metra |line1=Milwaukee District/West|left1=Galewood|right1=Grand/Cicero|note-right1=Weekday Limited |line2=North Central|nonstop2=y }} | other_services_header = Former services | other_services_collapsible = yes | other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Milwaukee Road|line1=West|left1=Galewood|right1=Cragin|system2=Metra|line2=Milwaukee District/West|left2=Galewood|right2=Cragin|note-right2=(closed 2006) }} | mpassengers = | map_state = collapsed | route_map = {{Routemap|legend=track|inline=y|map= d\vSTR!~MFADEg\dSTRg!~dMFADEg\RP2!~MFADEg~~ ~~ ~~{{rint|Chicago|MDW}} west to {{stl|Metra|Big Timber Road}} dPLTl\vSTR\dSTR\PLTr!~RP2 dPLTl\vSTR\dSTR\PLTr!~RP2 dPLTl\vSTR\dSTR\PLTr!~RP2 v-STR!~MRP4q!~hRP4aq\vSKRZ-G4h\RP2uhRP4e~~Central Ave. v-STR\vSTR\RP2l~~{{rmri|u}} [[Armitage Avenue|Armitage Ave.]] !~bvvSTR!~MFADEf!~NULf\!~MFADEf\d~~ ~~ ~~{{rint|Chicago|MDW}} east to {{stl|Metra|Union Station}} }} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 15 | mapframe-marker-color = #f4b249 | mapframe-marker = rail }}

'''Hanson Park''' is a station on [[Metra]]'s [[Milwaukee District West Line]] in the [[Belmont Cragin, Chicago|Hanson Park]] neighborhood of [[Chicago, Illinois]]. The station is {{convert|7.7|mi|km}} away from [[Chicago Union Station]], the eastern terminus of the line.<ref>[http://web.me.com/willvdv/chirailfan/mmmilww.html Metra Railfan Tips - Milwaukee District/West]</ref> In Metra's zone-based fare system, Hanson Park is in zone 2. As of 2018, Hanson Park is the 207th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 58 weekday boardings.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf|title=Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018|date=April 2019|website=Metra|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526034459/https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf|archive-date=26 May 2019|url-status=}}</ref> Metra's [[North Central Service]] trains use these tracks but do not stop.

As of February 15, 2024, Hanson Park is served as a [[request stop|flag stop]] by 15 trains (nine inbound, six outbound) on weekdays only.

Parking for the station is available on both sides of Armitage Avenue between Major and Parkside Avenues. The station is sandwiched between 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== '''[[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA]]''' * {{rint|chicago|bus|65}} Grand * {{rint|chicago|bus|85}} Central

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== External links == {{Metra web|Milwaukee District/West|HANSONPK}} *[http://chicago.railfan.net/cgi/photos.pl/?page=Hanson_Park_station Hanson Park Station Images (Chicago Railfan.net)] *[https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=41.916904,-87.766814&spn=0.003976,0.013722&z=17&layer=c&cbll=41.916877,-87.766922&panoid=73Next94FsHSl6cVfUPJYg&cbp=12,178.77,,0,-3.45 Station House from Google Maps Street View]

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