Woodstock station (Illinois)
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| Location | 90 Church Street Woodstock, Illinois | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°19′01″N 88°26′51″W / 42.3170°N 88.4476°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | City of Woodstock | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  Pace Buses | ||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | J | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1915 | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1993 | ||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 273 (average weekday)[1]  13.9% | ||||||||||||
| Rank | 149 out of 236[1] | ||||||||||||
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Woodstock is a commuter railroad 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 'J' fare zone. Woodstock is 51.7 miles (83.2 km) from Chicago via Metra.[2] The station consists of two grade-level side platforms which serve two tracks; there is a crossover located just north of the station. As of 2018[update], Woodstock is the 149th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations on the Metra system, with an average of 273 weekday boardings.[1]
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, or purchase an electronic ticket with Ventra. 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. It takes 13 minutes to reach Harvard from Woodstock.[3]
Pace connections
- 807 Woodstock/McHenry via Wonder Lake
- 808 Crystal Lake/Harvard
References
- ^ a b c "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). metrarail.com. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.
- ^ "RAILROAD OPERATING INFORMATION". www.chicagorailfan.com.
- ^ "Union Pacific Northwest Line Schedule" (PDF). Metra.
External links
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