Crystal Lake station

42°14′39″N 88°19′02″W / 42.2441°N 88.3172°W / 42.2441; -88.3172Owned byCity of Crystal LakePlatforms2 side platformsTracks2Connections Pace BusesConstructionAccessibleYesOther informationFare zone4HistoryOpened1915Passengers20181,138 (average weekday)^[1]  5.1%Rank36 out of 236^[1] Services

Preceding station	Metra			Following station
Woodstock toward Harvard		Union Pacific Northwest Harvard Branch		Pingree Road toward Ogilvie

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

Track layout
Legend UP-NW northwest to Harvard Grant St. Main St. UP-NW north to McHenry Crystal Lake Ave. UP-NW southeast to Ogilvie

Location

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.

Pace connections

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

References

External links

• Crystal Lake station on Metra.com
• Station from Main Street from Google Maps Street View