# Crystal Lake station

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Commuter rail station in Crystal Lake, Illinois

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Crystal Lake Crystal Lake station in July 2016. General information Location Woodstock Avenue & Grant Street Crystal Lake, Illinois Coordinates 42°14′39″N 88°19′02″W / 42.2441°N 88.3172°W / 42.2441; -88.3172 Owned by City of Crystal Lake Platforms 2 side platforms Tracks 2 Connections Pace Buses Construction Accessible Yes Other information Fare zone 4 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 TC 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 northwest to Harvard Grant Street Main Street north to McHenry Crystal Lake Avenue southeast to Ogilvie TC This diagram: view talk edit Location

**Crystal Lake** is one of two stations on [Metra](/source/Metra)'s [Union Pacific Northwest Line](/source/Union_Pacific_Northwest_Line) located in [Crystal Lake, Illinois](/source/Crystal_Lake%2C_Illinois). The station is two stops away from the line's terminus at [Harvard](/source/Harvard_station_(Metra)), and most of the trains on the Northwest Line only run as far as Crystal Lake. A large [coach yard](/source/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](/source/Maintenance_of_way) equipment as well as a junction are also located just southeast of here. The branch line to [McHenry](/source/McHenry_station) splits off at this junction. The station is 43.3 miles (69.7 km) away from [Ogilvie Transportation Center](/source/Ogilvie_Transportation_Center).[2] Parking is available at the station. As of 2018[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crystal_Lake_station&action=edit), 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](/source/Pace_(transit)) connections

- 550 Elgin Transportation Center/Crystal Lake

- 806 Crystal Lake/Fox Lake

- 808 Crystal Lake/Harvard

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:0_1-2) ["Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190526034459/https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf) (PDF). *Metra*. April 2019. Archived from [the original](https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf) (PDF) on May 26, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["RAILROAD OPERATING INFORMATION"](http://www.chicagorailfan.com/mmupnw.html). *chicagorailfan.com*. Retrieved July 21, 2016.

## External links

- [Crystal Lake station](https://metra.com/train-lines/stations/crystal-lake) on Metra.com

- [Station from Main Street from Google Maps Street View](https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2436485,-88.3160739,3a,75y,310.88h,90.64t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srrk5g5PJoN-iKTAOBYuBew!2e0!7i3328!8i1664?hl=en)

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