McHenry station

McHenry
General information
Location4005 Main Street
McHenry, Illinois
Coordinates42°20′36″N 88°16′34″W / 42.3434°N 88.2760°W / 42.3434; -88.2760
Owned byMetra
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsLocal Transit Pace Buses
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone4
History
Opened1910
Passengers
201885 (average weekday)[1]Decrease 11.5%
Rank198 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station
Terminus Union Pacific Northwest
McHenry Branch
Pingree Road
toward Ogilvie
Former services
Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station
Ringwood Williams Bay Branch Crystal Lake
Terminus
Location
Map

McHenry is a station on Metra's Union Pacific Northwest Line, located in McHenry, Illinois. The station is the terminus of the McHenry Branch of the Northwest Line; inbound trains operate as far as Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago. The station is also the only station on the McHenry Branch after it splits off at Pingree Road, although the line previously extended to Williams Bay, Wisconsin. Proposals exist to expand service on the line by adding stations in Prairie Grove and Johnsburg. It is the fifth furthest Metra Station from Chicago after Harvard, Antioch, Woodstock, and Kenosha, at 50.47 miles (81.22 km). Most Northwest Line trains operate along the Harvard branch to Harvard or Crystal Lake rather than the McHenry Branch. The station only has one track and one platform due to the low number of trains that serve the station. Two storage tracks are used to store two trains during overnight hours as well as weekends and holidays. The station is located at grade level. There is one grade crossing of a road at the station, which is placed under a Federal Railroad Administration horn quiet zone.[2] As of 2018, McHenry is the 198th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 85 weekday boardings.[1]

As of February 16, 2024, McHenry is served by six trains (three in each direction) on weekdays. There is no weekend or holiday service on the McHenry branch.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Pelland, Maryan; Pelland, Dan (2001-06-06). McHenry County, Illinois. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781439629970.