Cumberland station (Metra)

Cumberland
Location 475 East Northwest Highway
Des Plaines, Illinois 60016
Coordinates 42°03′09″N 87°54′44″W / 42.0524°N 87.9122°W / 42.0524; -87.9122Coordinates: 42°03′09″N 87°54′44″W / 42.0524°N 87.9122°W / 42.0524; -87.9122
Owned by Union Pacific
Line(s)
  Union Pacific / Northwest
Platforms 1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks 3
Connections Pace Bus
Construction
Parking Yes
Other information
Fare zone D
History
Opened 1967
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 431 (avg. weekday)[1]
Rank 117 out of 236[2]
Services
Preceding station   Metra   Following station
toward Harvard or McHenry
Union Pacific / Northwest
toward Ogilvie

Cumberland Station is one of two commuter railroad stations on Metra's Union Pacific/Northwest line in the City of Des Plaines, Illinois. It is officially located at 475 East Northwest Highway (US 14), and lies 18.2 miles (29.3 km) from the Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago.[3] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Cumberland is in zone D.

While Metra gives the address as 475 East Northwest Highway, the main parking area is across the tracks and is only accessible from East Golf Road between a Union Pacific Freight Line crossing, and the intersection of Wolf and Seeger Roads, where East Golf Road turns under both the UP-NW Line and Northwest Highway. Along Northwest Highway itself, there is some parking along the eastbound lane between the State Street-Cornell Avenue intersection and the station house west of the bridge over East Golf Road.

Southeast of this station, the Union Pacific/Northwest Line passes through Deval Tower, a three-way junction with the North Central Service and the Union Pacific's New Line to Milwaukee.

Pace Bus connections

  • 209 Busse Highway
  • 221 Wolf Road
  • 234 Wheeling/Des Plaines

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-26. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-26. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  3. ↑ Metra Railfan Tips - Union Pacific Northwest Line
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