Healy station

{{short description|Commuter rail station in Chicago, Illinois}}

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| image=Outbound platform at Healy, looking north.jpg

| image_caption=Healy station in June 2024.

| address=4014 West Fullerton Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60639

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| passengers=323 (average weekday)

| pass_year=2018

| pass_percent=-6.4

| pass_rank=140 out of 236

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Healy is a station on Metra's Milwaukee District North Line in the Hermosa community area of Chicago, Illinois. The station is {{convert|6.4|mi|km}} away from Chicago Union Station, the southern terminus of the line.{{Cite web |url=http://web.me.com/willvdv/chirailfan/mmmilwn.html |title=Metra Railfan Tips - Milwaukee District/North |access-date=2009-12-01 |archive-date=2010-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129044713/http://web.me.com/willvdv/chirailfan/mmmilwn.html |url-status=dead }} In Metra's zone-based fare system, Healy is in zone 2. As of 2018, Healy is the 140th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 323 weekday boardings.{{Cite web|url=https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf|title=Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018|date=April 2019|website=Metra|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|url-status=}} It is just south of the factories of Newly Weds Foods. The station is named after the Lyon & Healy Harps, Inc., a world-renowned harp manufacturer founded in Chicago in 1864 by George W. Lyon and Patrick J. Healy. Now headquartered on Ogden Avenue, the company was located near the station at 4014 West Fullerton Avenue until 1914.{{cite web |url=https://metrarail.com/about-metra/newsroom/the-signal/metra-history-curious-station-names#:~:text=The%20station%2C%20located%20on%20the,Healy. |title=Metra History: Curious Station Names {{!}} Metra |website=metrarail.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610131801/https://metrarail.com/about-metra/newsroom/the-signal/metra-history-curious-station-names |archive-date=2020-06-10}}

Street-side parking is only available on the north side of West Fullerton Avenue just west of where it runs beneath the tracks. A freight spur exists north of the station.

On May 8, 2017, Metra broke ground on a major renovation of Healy station, including new platforms, heated shelters, improved access for the disabled, and LED lighting. The makeover was planned to cost $7.3 million and expected to increase ridership given the station's close proximity to the 606 Trail.{{cite web|last1=Wisniewski|first1=Mary|title=Meera starts $7.3 million renovation at station near The 606|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-metra-healy-station-0509-20170508-story.html|website=Chicago Tribune|accessdate=9 May 2017}}

As of February 15, 2024, Healy is served by 40 trains (19 inbound, 21 outbound) on weekdays, by all 20 trains (10 in each direction) on Saturdays, and by all 18 trains (nine in each direction) on Sundays and holidays.