Pingree Road station

Pingree Road
Pingree Road station in November 2016.
General information
Location	570 Congress Parkway at Pingree Road Crystal Lake, Illinois
Coordinates	42°14′03″N 88°17′53″W / 42.2342°N 88.2980°W / 42.2342; -88.2980
Owned by	Metra
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Parking	Yes: Vending
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	September 7, 2005
Passengers
2018	707 (average weekday)[1]  5.9%
Rank	73 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.