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Crystal Lake (Metra)

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Crystal Lake
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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; -88.3172Coordinates: 42°14′39″N 88°19′02″W / 42.2441°N 88.3172°W / 42.2441; -88.3172
Owned by City of Crystal Lake
Line(s)
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections Local Transit Pace Buses
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone I
History
Opened 1915
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 1,238 (avg. weekday)
Rank 33 out of 236
Services
Preceding station   Metra   Following station
toward Harvard
Union Pacific Northwest
Harvard Branch
toward Ogilvie

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 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 trains during non rush hours. A Union Pacific dispatch center for Metra trains as well as a junction are also located just east of here. The McHenry Branch splits off at this junction. The station is 42.9 miles (69.0 km) away from Ogilvie Transportation Center. Parking is available at the station.


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