Rose Hill station

Rose Hill
Blocked off stairway leading to the Rose Hill northbound platform after almost sixty years of abandonment
General information
LocationRosehill Drive and Ravenswood Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60640
Coordinates41°59′12″N 87°40′30″W / 41.9868°N 87.6749°W / 41.9868; -87.6749
Line(s)Kenosha Subdivision
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
History
Opened1855–1856
ClosedDecember 1, 1958[1]
Rebuilt1908/1909
Previous namesChittenden[1]
Services
Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station
Kenmore
toward Milwaukee
Milwaukee Division Summerdale
toward Chicago
Track layout
Ravenswood Ave.
Union Pacific North Line
north to Kenosha
Rosehill Dr.
Union Pacific North Line
south to Ogilvie

Rose Hill was a commuter railroad station on the Chicago and North Western Railway's Milwaukee Division, now the Union Pacific North Line. The station was located at Rosehill Drive and Ravenswood Avenue, in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood. Rose Hill opened in 1855 or 1856, and was in service for more than 100 years before closing in 1958 as part of a service revision on the North Western's commuter lines.

  1. ^ a b "Chicago & North Western Railroad: History of Milwaukee line". Edgewater Historical Society. Retrieved August 10, 2018.