Western Avenue station
Western Avenue is a station on Metra's BNSF Line located in Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The station consists of one side platform and one island platform for outbound and inbound trains.Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: train station serving Metra BNSF trains in Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Also known as: “Western Avenue”
- Address: South Western Avenue, Chicago, IL 60608
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Western station and Mount Sinai Hospital.
Western station
Railway station
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Western is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Pink Line. It is located in the Heart of Chicago and Heart of Italy neighborhoods in the Lower West Side community area. Western station is situated 1,200 feet south of Western Avenue station.
Mount Sinai Hospital
Hospital
Mount Sinai Hospital, formerly at times known as Mount Sinai Medical Center, is a 319-bed major urban hospital in Chicago, Illinois, with its main campus located adjacent to Douglass Park at 15th Street and California Avenue on the city's West Side. Mount Sinai Hospital is situated 2,900 feet northwest of Western Avenue station.
National Museum of Mexican Art
Museum
Photo: Nutmegger, Public domain.
The National Museum of Mexican Art is a museum featuring Mexican and Chicano art and culture. It is located in Harrison Park in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. National Museum of Mexican Art is situated 3,300 feet east of Western Avenue station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tri-Taylor Historic District and Illinois Medical District.
Tri-Taylor Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tri-Taylor Historic District is a historic district in the Near West Side neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The district is primarily residential and includes over 400 buildings.
Illinois Medical District
Neighborhood
The Illinois Medical District is a special-use zoning district two miles west of the Loop in Chicago, Illinois. The Illinois Medical District consists of 560 acres of medical research facilities, labs, a biotechnology business incubator, a raw development area, four major hospitals, two medical universities, and more than 40 health care related facilities.
South Lawndale
Suburb
Photo: Plij1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
South Lawndale is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States, located on the West Side of Chicago. Over 80% of the residents are of Mexican descent and the community is home to the largest foreign-born Mexican population in Chicago.
Western Avenue station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.8578° or 41° 51′ 28″ northLongitude
-87.68502° or 87° 41′ 6″ westOperator
MetraNetwork
MetraOpen location code
86HJV857+4XOpenStreetMap ID
node 706918394OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q7987600
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In Other Languages
From French to Venetian—“Western Avenue station” goes by many names.
- French: “gare de Western Avenue”
- French: “Western Avenue”
- Venetian: “stasion de Western Avenue”
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