Barrington station

Barrington is a station on Metra's Union Pacific/Northwest Line located in Barrington, Illinois. The station is located at 201 South Spring Street in Barrington, and is 31.9 miles (51.3 km) from Ogilvie Transportation Center, the southern terminus of the Union Pacific/Northwest Line.[2] In Metra's zone-based fare structure, Barrington is located in Zone G. As of 2018, Barrington is the 16th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations on the Metra system, with an average of 1,725 weekday boardings.[1] Barrington has two tracks and two side platforms; it is the innermost station on the Union Pacific/Northwest Line without a third express track, which begins about a quarter mile southeast of the station near Baker Lake. It is also the last station outbound within Cook County. A station house where tickets may be purchased is on the inbound platform. Parking is available at the station.

For the defunct Canadian military installation, see CFS Barrington.
Barrington
Location201 South Spring Street
Barrington, Illinois
Coordinates42.1529°N 88.1320°W / 42.1529; -88.1320
Owned byVillage of Barrington
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2 tracks
ConnectionsPace buses
Construction
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zoneG
History
Opened1977
Passengers
20181,725 (average weekday)[1]  0.7%
Rank16 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station
Fox River Grove
toward Harvard or McHenry
 Union Pacific / Northwest Palatine
toward Ogilvie
Former services
Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station
Crystal Lake
toward Minneapolis
 Chicago – Minneapolis via Madison Des Plaines
toward Chicago
Fox River Grove
toward Crystal Lake
 Wisconsin Division Palatine
toward Chicago

Four outbound trains on the UP/Northwest Line terminate at Barrington.[3] These four trains are stored during overnight hours at a small coach yard about a half mile west of the station (near the junction with the Canadian National Railway).

References
  1. "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.
  2. Metra Railfan Tips - Union Pacific/Northwest Line
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-08-09. Retrieved 2015-06-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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