Harvard station (Metra)
Harvard | |||||||||||
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Harvard Metra Station, looking northwest | |||||||||||
Location |
1 North Ayer Street Harvard, Illinois | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°25′12″N 88°37′03″W / 42.4199°N 88.6175°WCoordinates: 42°25′12″N 88°37′03″W / 42.4199°N 88.6175°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Union Pacific | ||||||||||
Line(s) | UP-NW | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform, 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
Connections |
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Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Brick | ||||||||||
Parking | Parking lot operated by City of Harvard | ||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Fare zone | M | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1993 | ||||||||||
Traffic | |||||||||||
Passengers (2014) | 275 (avg. weekday)[1] | ||||||||||
Rank | 125 out of 236[1] | ||||||||||
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Harvard station is a Metra commuter rail station in Harvard, Illinois. It is the terminus of the Union Pacific/Northwest Line. It is the only Metra station located in the M zone, and is by far the farthest Metra station from Chicago at 63.16 miles (101.6 km) with the next furthest stop Antioch which is on North Central Service being over 10 miles less than that at 52.91 miles (85.2 km).[2] The station contains a parking lot operated by the City of Harvard. A coach yard is adjacent to the station and is used to store trains during weekends and overnight hours. It is the only Metra station on any line located in fare zone M. Trains that travel to Chicago pass through an entire fare zone to reach Woodstock, although there is no intermediate stop as no stations are located in zone L. It is the westernmost station of the Metra system, as well as the farthest stop from any other stops on its route.
Being Chicago's most northwesterly commuter rail station, the Harvard station attracts commuters from the Rockford and Belvidere region of northern Illinois as well as South-Central Wisconsin.
Bus connections
- 808 Crystal Lake/Harvard
References
- 1 2 Metra (December 2014). "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count, Summary Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-08-07.
- ↑ "Railroad Operating Information: Union Pacific". Chicago Railfan.
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