# Kenosha station

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Commuter rail station in Kenosha, Wisconsin

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Kenosha Station entrance General information Location 5414 13th Avenue Kenosha, Wisconsin Coordinates 42°35′09″N 87°49′33″W / 42.5859°N 87.8258°W / 42.5859; -87.8258 Owned by Union Pacific Railroad Line UP Kenosha Subdivision Platforms 1 island platform Tracks 4 Connections Kenosha Streetcar Kenosha Area Transit Construction Structure type Elevated Parking Yes Accessible Yes Other information Fare zone 4 History Opened 1855 Rebuilt 2004–2006 Passengers 2018 345 (avg. weekday)[1] 25% Rank 135 out of 236[1] Services Preceding station Metra Following station Terminus Union Pacific North Winthrop Harbor toward Ogilvie TC Former services Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station Racine toward Minneapolis Chicago – Minneapolis via Milwaukee Waukegan toward Chicago Racine toward Milwaukee Milwaukee Division Winthrop Harbor toward Chicago Pleasant Prairie toward Rockford KD Line Closed 1939 Terminus Track layout Legend UP Kenosha Subdivision continues north ends 54th St. Kenosha Streetcar 55th St. 13th Ave. 56th St. south to Ogilvie TC Location

**Kenosha** is a railroad station in [Kenosha, Wisconsin](/source/Kenosha%2C_Wisconsin), United States, served by [Metra](/source/Metra)'s [Union Pacific North Line](/source/Union_Pacific_North_Line). It is the northern terminus of the line, which runs south to [Ogilvie Transportation Center](/source/Ogilvie_Transportation_Center) in [Chicago](/source/Chicago). Kenosha is the only Metra station outside of Illinois and is 51.6 miles (83.0 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.[1]

It is the only passenger station in [Kenosha County](/source/Kenosha_County%2C_Wisconsin), since [Amtrak](/source/Amtrak)'s closest station is in [Sturtevant](/source/Sturtevant_station).

The station is linked to Kenosha's [streetcar line](/source/Streetcars_in_Kenosha%2C_Wisconsin), 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

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The station was opened in 1855 by the [Chicago and Milwaukee Railway](/source/Chicago_and_Milwaukee_Railway) and was acquired by the [Chicago and North Western Railway](/source/Chicago_and_North_Western_Railway) in 1869. The station served many C&NW trains, such as the [Twin Cities 400](/source/Twin_Cities_400), [Flambeau 400](/source/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](/source/KD_Line) ran from Kenosha to [Harvard](/source/Harvard%2C_Illinois) and closed in 1939. The [Northwest Line](/source/Union_Pacific_Northwest_Line) had a branch to [Williams Bay](/source/Williams_Bay%2C_Wisconsin) that was cut back to [Lake Geneva](/source/Lake_Geneva%2C_Wisconsin) in 1966 and discontinued north of the state line in 1975. The [Milwaukee Road](/source/Milwaukee_Road) had [commuter service](/source/Milwaukee_District_North_Line) to [Walworth](/source/Walworth%2C_Wisconsin) until 1982, when it was cut back to [Fox Lake](/source/Fox_Lake_station).

Though Kenosha Station pre-dates the [Civil War](/source/American_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](/source/Proposed_Kenosha%E2%80%93Racine%E2%80%93Milwaukee_regional_rail_service), first in the KRM Commuter Link proposal from 2010 (with cross-platform transfers to Metra),[2] then later in the Wisconsin Transit & Realty proposal from 2022.[3]

## Transit connections

- [Kenosha Area Transit](/source/Kenosha_Area_Transit)

- [Kenosha Streetcar](/source/Streetcars_in_Kenosha%2C_Wisconsin)

- [Coach USA](/source/Coach_USA) ([Wisconsin Coach Lines](/source/Wisconsin_Coach_Lines)) - Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee Route

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:0_1-2) ["Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190526034459/https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf) (PDF). *Metra*. April 2019. Archived from [the original](https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf) (PDF) on May 26, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Request to Initiate Preliminary Engineering"](https://web.archive.org/web/20240607231610/http://maps.sewrpc.org/KRMonline/pdf/152212v1-SERTA-FullFinalNewStartsApplication-06-24-10.pdf) (PDF). *Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission*. Southeastern Regional Transit Authority. June 24, 2010. p. 1-2. Archived from [the original](https://maps.sewrpc.org/KRMonline/pdf/152212v1-SERTA-FullFinalNewStartsApplication-06-24-10.pdf) (PDF) on June 7, 2024. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Quirmbach, Chuck (August 22, 2022). ["Where passenger rail may be headed in Wisconsin—eventually"](https://www.wuwm.com/2022-08-22/newassenger-rail-may-be-headed-in-wisconsin-through-kenosha-racine-milwaukee). *[WUWM](/source/WUWM)*. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

## External links

- [Metra - Kenosha station](https://web.archive.org/web/20100328005548/http://metrarail.com/metra/en/home/maps_schedules/metra_system_map/up-n/station.KENOSHA.html)

- [Kenosha and its train station - 150 years of mutual gain continue (TrainWeb)](http://www.trainweb.org/kenrail/Kenosha%20Metra%20new%20platform.html)

- [Station House from Google Maps Street View](https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5861435,-87.8255352,3a,75y,236.52h,89.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sHxt4bKTj0-lh1luEnwMorQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)

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