Woodstock station (Illinois)

Woodstock
Woodstock station in November 2016.
General information
Location	90 Church Street Woodstock, Illinois
Coordinates	42°19′01″N 88°26′51″W / 42.3170°N 88.4476°W / 42.3170; -88.4476
Owned by	City of Woodstock
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Pace Buses
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	1915
Rebuilt	1993
Passengers
2018	273 (average weekday)[1]  13.9%
Rank	149 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station Harvard Terminus Union Pacific Northwest Harvard Branch Crystal Lake toward Ogilvie
Former services Preceding station Metra Following station Hartland closed 1984 toward Harvard Union Pacific Northwest Harvard Branch Crystal Lake toward Ogilvie Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station Hartland toward Minneapolis Chicago – Minneapolis via Madison Ridgefield toward Chicago
Track layout Legend UP-NW northwest to Harvard IL 120 (Church St.) UP-NW southeast to Ogilvie
Location

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 fare zone 4. 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 rail 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]

As of May 30, 2023, Woodstock is served by 27 trains (14 inbound, 13 outbound) on weekdays, by 20 trains (10 in each direction) on Saturdays, and by 15 trains (seven inbound, eight outbound) on Sundays.

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.