Crystal Lake is one of two stations on Metra's Union Pacific Northwest Line located in Crystal Lake, Illinois. The station is two stops away from the line's terminus at Harvard, and most of the trains on the Northwest Line only run as far as Crystal Lake. A large coach yard is adjacent to the station and has additional storage tracks to store Metra trains overnight, and on holidays and weekends. A Union Pacific maintenance facility and office, some storage tracks for local freight trains and maintenance of way equipment as well as a junction are also located just southeast of here. The branch line to McHenry splits off at this junction. The station is 43.3 miles (69.7 km) away from Ogilvie Transportation Center.[2] Parking is available at the station. As of 2018[update], Crystal Lake is the 36th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 1,138 weekday boardings.[1]
As of May 30, 2023, Crystal Lake is served by 52 trains (27 inbound, 25 outbound) on weekdays, by 30 trains (15 in each direction) on Saturdays, and by 20 trains (nine inbound, all 11 outbound) on Sundays.
On weekdays, 13 inbound trains originate from Crystal Lake and 12 trains terminate here, with five inbound trains originating and five outbound trains terminating here on Saturdays, and two inbound trains originating and three outbound trains terminating here on Sundays.
crystal, lake, station, crystal, lake, stations, metra, union, pacific, northwest, line, located, crystal, lake, illinois, station, stops, away, from, line, terminus, harvard, most, trains, northwest, line, only, crystal, lake, large, coach, yard, adjacent, st. Crystal Lake is one of two stations on Metra s Union Pacific Northwest Line located in Crystal Lake Illinois The station is two stops away from the line s terminus at Harvard and most of the trains on the Northwest Line only run as far as Crystal Lake A large coach yard is adjacent to the station and has additional storage tracks to store Metra trains overnight and on holidays and weekends A Union Pacific maintenance facility and office some storage tracks for local freight trains and maintenance of way equipment as well as a junction are also located just southeast of here The branch line to McHenry splits off at this junction The station is 43 3 miles 69 7 km away from Ogilvie Transportation Center 2 Parking is available at the station As of 2018 update Crystal Lake is the 36th busiest of the 236 non downtown stations in the Metra system with an average of 1 138 weekday boardings 1 Crystal LakeGeneral informationLocationWoodstock Avenue amp Grant StreetCrystal Lake IllinoisCoordinates42 14 39 N 88 19 02 W 42 2441 N 88 3172 W 42 2441 88 3172Owned byCity of Crystal LakePlatforms2 side platformsTracks2ConnectionsPace BusesConstructionAccessibleYesOther informationFare zoneIHistoryOpened1915Passengers20181 138 average weekday 1 5 1 Rank36 out of 236 1 ServicesPreceding station Metra Following stationWoodstocktoward Harvard Union Pacific NorthwestHarvard Branch Pingree Roadtoward OgilvieFormer servicesPreceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following stationRidgefieldtoward Minneapolis Chicago Minneapolis via Madison Barringtontoward ChicagoTerminus Wisconsin Division Carytoward ChicagoMcHenrytoward Williams Bay Williams Bay Branch TerminusTrack layoutLegendUP NW northwestto HarvardGrant St Main St UP NW northto McHenryCrystal Lake Ave UP NW southeastto OgilvieLocationAs of May 30 2023 Crystal Lake is served by 52 trains 27 inbound 25 outbound on weekdays by 30 trains 15 in each direction on Saturdays and by 20 trains nine inbound all 11 outbound on Sundays On weekdays 13 inbound trains originate from Crystal Lake and 12 trains terminate here with five inbound trains originating and five outbound trains terminating here on Saturdays and two inbound trains originating and three outbound trains terminating here on Sundays Pace connections edit550 Elgin Transportation Center Crystal Lake 806 Crystal Lake Fox Lake 808 Crystal Lake HarvardReferences edit a b c Commuter Rail System Station Boarding Alighting Count Summary Results Fall 2018 PDF Metra April 2019 Archived from the original PDF on 26 May 2019 RAILROAD OPERATING INFORMATION chicagorailfan com Retrieved 21 July 2016 External links editCrystal Lake station on Metra com Station from Main Street from Google Maps Street View nbsp This Illinois train station related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Crystal Lake station amp oldid 1184586519, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
