Hermosa station

{{short description|Former 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=Hermosa }} | type= | image=Former Hermosa Metra Station.jpg | image_caption=Site of the former Hermosa Metra station | address=1800 North Keeler Avenue<br />[[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] 60639 | coordinates={{coord|41.9136|-87.7319|type:railwaystation_region:US-IL|display=inline,title}} | line= | other= | structure= | platform= | depth= | levels= | tracks= | parking= | bicycle= | opened=1910 | closed=December 11, 2006 | rebuilt= | electrified= | accessible= | code= | owned= | zone=B | former= | passengers= | pass_year= | pass_percent= | pass_system= | mpassengers= |other_services_header = Former services |other_services_= |other_services= {{Adjacent stations|system1=Milwaukee Road|line1=West|left1=Cragin|right1=Western Avenue |system2=Metra|line2=Milwaukee District/West|left2=Cragin|right2=Western Avenue}} | map_locator= }} '''Hermosa''' was a [[railway station|station]] on [[Metra]]'s [[Milwaukee District West Line]]. The station was located at 1800 North Keeler Avenue in the [[Hermosa, Chicago|Hermosa]] neighborhood of [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. Hermosa was {{convert|5.9|mi|km}} from [[Chicago Union Station|Union Station]], the eastern terminus of the [[Milwaukee]] District West Line.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chicagorailfan.com/ |title=Home |website=chicagorailfan.com}}</ref> In Metra's zone-based fare system, Hermosa was located in zone B. On December 11, 2006, Hermosa and the nearby [[Cragin (Metra station)|Cragin]] station were closed and replaced by the {{stl|Metra|Grand/Cicero}} station, which is located between both former stations. Hermosa station was also used by commuter trains of the [[Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad|Milwaukee Road]], the predecessor to Metra.<ref>{{cite web|title=Suburban Service West|url=https://www.chicagorailfan.com/tt5milww.html|publisher=[[The Milwaukee Road]]|date=April 28, 1957|website=Chicago Railfan|accessdate=July 30, 2018}}</ref> [[Walt Disney]]'s birthplace is located three blocks north of this station on Tripp Avenue. Hermosa was also the first station west of Metra's Pacific Junction (where the MD-W line joins the [[Milwaukee District North Line]]) which is a few feet from the station itself. Pacific Junction contains four tracks (three for Milwaukee District West trains going south to [[Chicago Union Station]] and one going north for [[Canadian Pacific Kansas City]] trains.)

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[[Category:Metra stations in Chicago|Hermosa]] [[Category:Former Milwaukee Road stations]] [[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1910]] [[Category:Railway stations in the United States closed in 2006]]