Barrington station
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Location | 201 South Spring Street Barrington, Illinois | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°09′10″N 88°07′55″W / 42.1529°N 88.1320°WCoordinates: 42°09′10″N 88°07′55″W / 42.1529°N 88.1320°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Village of Barrington | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 tracks | ||||||||||
Connections | Pace buses | ||||||||||
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Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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Fare zone | G | ||||||||||
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Opened | 1977 | ||||||||||
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2018 | 1,725 (average weekday)[1] ![]() | ||||||||||
Rank | 16 out of 236[1] | ||||||||||
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Barrington is a station on Metra's Union Pacific/Northwest Line located in Barrington, Illinois. The station is located at 201 South Spring Street in Barrington, and is 31.9 miles (51.3 km) from Ogilvie Transportation Center, the southern terminus of the Union Pacific/Northwest Line.[2] In Metra's zone-based fare structure, Barrington is located in Zone G. As of 2018, Barrington is the 16th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations on the Metra system, with an average of 1,725 weekday boardings.[1] Barrington has two tracks and two side platforms; it is the innermost station on the Union Pacific/Northwest Line without a third express track, which begins about a quarter mile southeast of the station near Baker Lake. It is also the last station outbound within Cook County. A station house where tickets may be purchased is on the inbound platform. Parking is available at the station.
Four outbound trains on the UP/Northwest Line terminate at Barrington.[3] These four trains are stored during overnight hours at a small coach yard about a half mile west of the station (near the junction with the Canadian National Railway).
History[]
The current station moved from its previous location near the Ice House Mall in 1977, in order to reduce the amount of time traffic on Main Street would need to wait for trains to pass through. The old station had six staff across three shifts, whilst the new station had two staff and two shifts until 1995, when it reduced to just one staff member. [4]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.
- ^ Metra Railfan Tips - Union Pacific/Northwest Line
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-08-09. Retrieved 2015-06-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ Dean, A (1998-10-16). Barrington is Our Kind of Town. Hough Street School. p. 1.
External links[]
- Metra stations in Illinois
- Buildings and structures in Barrington, Illinois
- Former Chicago and North Western Railway stations
- Railway stations in Lake County, Illinois
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1977
- Illinois railway station stubs