Woodstock station (Illinois)

Woodstock

Location

90 Church Street
Woodstock, Illinois

Coordinates

42°19′01″N 88°26′51″W / 42.3170°N 88.4476°WCoordinates: 42°19′01″N 88°26′51″W / 42.3170°N 88.4476°W

Owned by

City of Woodstock

Line(s)

Union Pacific Northwest

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Connections

Pace Buses

Construction

Disabled access

Yes

Other information

Fare zone

History

Opened

1915

Rebuilt

1993

Traffic

Passengers (2014)

437 (avg. weekday) ^[1]

Rank

113 out of 236^[2]

Services

Preceding station		Metra		Following station
Harvard Terminus		Union Pacific Northwest Harvard Branch		Crystal Lake toward Ogilvie

Woodstock is a station on Metra's Union Pacific/Northwest Line located in Woodstock, Illinois. The station is located on the Harvard branch of the Northwest Line and is the last stop before Harvard; inbound trains run as far as Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago. The station is located in the 'K' fare zone. Woodstock is 51.3 miles (82.6 km) from Chicago via Metra.^[3] The station consists of two grade-level side platforms which serve two tracks; there is a crossover located just north of the station.

At the present time, there is no ticket agent at the Woodstock station. Passengers boarding at Woodstock may buy one-way or weekend pass tickets from the Conductor for cash. Purchases of other types of tickets or purchases using other payment methods must be done at a station with a ticket agent. The closest station with a ticket agent is Crystal Lake.

The gap between Woodstock and Harvard is the longest on the Metra system, with trains traveling through an entire fare zone to reach the other station. It takes 19 minutes to reach Harvard from Woodstock.

Pace connections

807 Woodstock/McHenry via Wonder Lake
808 Crystal Lake/Harvard

References

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