{{short description|Commuter rail station in Kenosha, Wisconsin}} {{multiple issues| {{one source|date=December 2021}} {{primary sources|date=December 2021}} }} {{Use American English|date=September 2016}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox station | style = Metra | name = {{Metra header|Kenosha | icon={{ric|Metra|upn}}}} | type = | image = Kenosha July 2022 044 (Kenosha Station).jpg | image_caption = Station entrance | address = 5414 13th Avenue | borough = [[Kenosha, Wisconsin]] | coordinates = {{coord|42.5859|-87.8258|type:railwaystation_region:US-WI|display=inline,title}} | owned = [[Union Pacific Railroad]] | line = UP Kenosha Subdivision | platform = 1 [[island platform]] | tracks = 4 | connections = {{rint|heritage|pcc}} [[Streetcars in Kenosha, Wisconsin|Kenosha Streetcar]]<br>{{Bus icon}} [[Kenosha Area Transit]] | structure = Elevated | parking = Yes | bicycle = | accessible = Yes | passengers = 345 (avg. weekday)<ref name=":0" /> | pass_year = 2018 | pass_percent = 25 | pass_rank = 135 out of 236<ref name=":0" /> | pass_system = | opened = 1855 | rebuilt = 2004–2006 | zone = 4 | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Metra|line=Union Pacific/North|right=Winthrop Harbor}} | other_services_header = Former services | other_services_collapsible = yes | other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Chicago and North Western Railway|line1=Chicago-Minneapolis via Milwaukee|left1=Racine|right1=Waukegan|line2=Milwaukee Division|left2=Racine|right2=Winthrop Harbor |line3=KD Line|left3=Pleasant Prairie|note-mid3=Closed 1939}} | mpassengers = | map_state = collapsed | route_map = {{Routemap|legend=track|inline=y|map= vÜSTl!~MFADEg\~~ ~~ ~~{{rmri|u}} {{BSsplit|[[Union Pacific Railroad|UP]] Kenosha Subdivision|continues north}} vENDE@F\~~ ~~ ~~{{ric|Metra|UPN}} ends \vPSTR(M)\RP2q\RP2q!~MFADEfq~~54th St. \vPSTR(M)\\PCC~~[[Streetcars in Kenosha, Wisconsin|Kenosha Streetcar]] \vPSTR(M)\RP2+l\RP2q!~MFADEfq~~ ~~ ~~{{BSsplit|55th St. {{rmri|r}}|{{rmri|d}} 13th Ave.}} vSTR\RP2 RP2q!~MFADEgq!~hvSTRae~LL\hvSTRae\RP2xRP4!~hvSTRae~RR\RP4q!~MFADEfq~~56th St. vSTR!~MFADEf\RP2!~MFADEf~~ ~~ ~~{{ric|Metra|UPN}} south to {{stl|Metra|Ogilvie}} }} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 15 | mapframe-marker-color = #0f5200 | mapframe-marker = rail }} '''Kenosha''' is a railroad station in [[Kenosha, Wisconsin]], United States, served by [[Metra]]'s [[Union Pacific North Line]]. It is the northern terminus of the line, which runs south to [[Ogilvie Transportation Center]] in [[Chicago]]. Kenosha is the only Metra station outside of Illinois and is {{convert|51.6|mi|km}} from the Ogilvie Transportation Center. The city of Kenosha partially subsidizes the station's service due to its location outside the RTA's jurisdiction. It is the northernmost station of the Metra system, making it the most northern station in the entire RTA network. As of 2018, Kenosha is the 135th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 345 weekday boardings.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=April 2019|title=Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018|url=https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf|url-status=|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|website=Metra}}</ref>

It is the only passenger station in [[Kenosha County, Wisconsin|Kenosha County]], since [[Amtrak]]'s closest station is in [[Sturtevant station|Sturtevant]].

The station is linked to Kenosha's [[Streetcars in Kenosha, Wisconsin|streetcar line]], which stops on the far side of the station's parking lot.

As of September 20, 2025, Kenosha is served by 19 trains (10 inbound, nine outbound) on weekdays and by 16 trains (eight in each direction) on weekends and holidays. There is a small coach yard at Kenosha where trainsets are stored overnight and on weekends, as well as a Union Pacific maintenance facility.

==History== [[File:Kenosha Station.jpg|thumb|left|Kenosha station platform]] {{unreferenced section|date=November 2020}} The station was opened in 1855 by the [[Chicago and Milwaukee Railway]] and was acquired by the [[Chicago and North Western Railway]] in 1869. The station served many C&NW trains, such as the [[Twin Cities 400]], [[Flambeau 400]], Shoreland 400, Valley 400, and Peninsula 400. The last intercity passenger train stopped in Kenosha in 1971; since then it has only been used for commuter services. Other commuter services extended from Chicago into Wisconsin but were eventually discontinued. The [[KD Line]] ran from Kenosha to [[Harvard, Illinois|Harvard]] and closed in 1939. The [[Union Pacific Northwest Line|Northwest Line]] had a branch to [[Williams Bay, Wisconsin|Williams Bay]] that was cut back to [[Lake Geneva, Wisconsin|Lake Geneva]] in 1966 and discontinued north of the state line in 1975. The [[Milwaukee Road]] had [[Milwaukee District North Line|commuter service]] to [[Walworth, Wisconsin|Walworth]] until 1982, when it was cut back to [[Fox Lake station|Fox Lake]].

Though Kenosha Station pre-dates the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], it was restored in the period between 2004 and 2006. Metra does not have a ticket office there, and the waiting room serves as a dining area for a fast food restaurant.

The station has been chosen as the southern terminus of various forms of the [[proposed Kenosha–Racine–Milwaukee regional rail service]], first in the KRM Commuter Link proposal from 2010 (with cross-platform transfers to Metra),<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-06-24 |title=Request to Initiate Preliminary Engineering |url=https://maps.sewrpc.org/KRMonline/pdf/152212v1-SERTA-FullFinalNewStartsApplication-06-24-10.pdf |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission |publisher=Southeastern Regional Transit Authority |page=1-2 |archive-date=June 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607231610/http://maps.sewrpc.org/KRMonline/pdf/152212v1-SERTA-FullFinalNewStartsApplication-06-24-10.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> then later in the Wisconsin Transit & Realty proposal from 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Quirmbach |first=Chuck |date=2022-08-22 |title=Where passenger rail may be headed in Wisconsin—eventually |work=[[WUWM]] |url=https://www.wuwm.com/2022-08-22/newassenger-rail-may-be-headed-in-wisconsin-through-kenosha-racine-milwaukee |access-date=2023-12-11}}</ref>

==Transit connections== *[[Kenosha Area Transit]] *[[Streetcars in Kenosha, Wisconsin|Kenosha Streetcar]] * [[Coach USA]] ([[Wisconsin Coach Lines]]) - Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee Route

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100328005548/http://metrarail.com/metra/en/home/maps_schedules/metra_system_map/up-n/station.KENOSHA.html Metra - Kenosha station] *[http://www.trainweb.org/kenrail/Kenosha%20Metra%20new%20platform.html Kenosha and its train station - 150 years of mutual gain continue (TrainWeb)] *[https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5861435,-87.8255352,3a,75y,236.52h,89.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sHxt4bKTj0-lh1luEnwMorQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Station House from Google Maps Street View]

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