Pingree Road station

42°14′03″N 88°17′53″W / 42.2342°N 88.2980°W / 42.2342; -88.2980Owned byMetraPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2ConstructionStructure typeElevatedParkingYes: VendingBicycle facilitiesYesAccessibleYesOther informationFare zone4HistoryOpenedSeptember 7, 2005Passengers2018707 (average weekday)^[1]  5.9%Rank73 out of 236^[1] Services

Preceding station	Metra			Following station
McHenry Limited service Terminus		Union Pacific Northwest McHenry Branch		Cary toward Ogilvie
Crystal Lake toward Harvard		Union Pacific Northwest Harvard Branch

Track layout
Legend UP-NW northwest to Harvard or McHenry Pingree Rd. UP-NW southeast to Ogilvie

Location

Pingree Road is one of two commuter railroad stations on Metra's Union Pacific Northwest Line in the city of Crystal Lake, Illinois. The station is officially located at 570 Congress Parkway at Pingree Road, and is 41.7 miles (67.1 km) from Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago.^[2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Pingree Road is in zone 4. As of 2018^[update], Pingree Road is the 73rd busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 707 weekday boardings.^[1]

As of May 30, 2023, Pingree Road is served by 58 trains (30 inbound, 28 outbound) on weekdays, by 30 trains (15 in each direction) on Saturdays, and by 20 trains (nine inbound, all 11 outbound) on Sundays.

Pingree Road station is the newest^[update] station to be constructed on the UP-NW Line, opening on September 7, 2005.^[3] It serves as the southern terminus of the McHenry Branch of the UP-NW line. The actual junction between the main branch and McHenry branch is 0.8 miles (1.3 km) northwest of the station. West of the station, the Main Branch becomes the Harvard Branch. Currently, no bus connections are available at this station.

References

External links

• Metra - Pingree Road
• Flickr - Pingree Road Station