Crystal Lake station

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 many, if not 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 during off-peak hours (overnight, holidays and weekends). Also 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 south and east of here. The McHenry Branch 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, 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 Lake
Location	Woodstock Avenue & Grant Street Crystal Lake, Illinois
Coordinates	42.2441°N 88.3172°W
Owned by	City of Crystal Lake
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Pace Buses
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	I
History
Opened	1915
Passengers
2018	1,138 (average weekday)[1]  5.1%
Rank	36 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station Woodstock toward Harvard Union Pacific / Northwest Harvard Branch Pingree Road toward Ogilvie Ridgefield toward Harvard
Former services Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station Ridgefield toward Minneapolis Chicago – Minneapolis via Madison Barrington toward Chicago Terminus Wisconsin Division Cary toward Chicago McHenry toward Williams Bay Williams Bay Branch Terminus

Pace connections

• 550 Elgin Transportation Center/Crystal Lake
• 806 Crystal Lake/Fox Lake
• 808 Crystal Lake/Harvard

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. "RAILROAD OPERATING INFORMATION". chicagorailfan.com. Retrieved 21 July 2016.

External links

• - Crystal Lake
• Station from Main Street from Google Maps Street View