Crystal Lake station

{{short description|Commuter rail station in Crystal Lake, Illinois}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

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| style=Metra

| name={{Metra header|Crystal Lake

| icon={{ric|Metra|upnw}}}}

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| image=20160701 29 Metra, Crystal Lake, Illinois.jpg

| image_caption=Crystal Lake station in July 2016.

| address=Woodstock Avenue & Grant Street
Crystal Lake, Illinois

| coordinates={{coord|42.2441|-88.3172|type:railwaystation_region:US-IL|display=inline,title}}

| line=

| other={{bus icon|12px|Local Transit}} Pace Buses

| structure=

| platform=2 side platforms

| depth=

| levels=

| tracks=2

| parking=

| bicycle=

| passengers=1,138 (average weekday)

| pass_year=2018

| pass_percent=-5.1

| pass_rank=36 out of 236

| pass_system=

| opened=1915

| closed=

| rebuilt=

| electrified=

| accessible=Yes

| code=

| owned=City of Crystal Lake

| zone=4

| former=

| services={{Adjacent stations|system=Metra|line=Union Pacific/Northwest|left1=Woodstock|right=Pingree Road|type1=Harvard}}

|other_services_header = Former services

|other_services_collapsible=yes

|other_services={{Adjacent stations|system=Chicago and North Western Railway

|line1=Chicago-Minneapolis via Madison|left1=Ridgefield|right1=Barrington

|line2=Wisconsin Division|right2=Cary

|line3=Williams Bay Branch|left3=McHenry}}

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| map_state = collapsed

| route_map = {{Crystal Lake station}}

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| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail |marker-color=#ffde02 |zoom=15 }}

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Crystal Lake is one of two stations on Metra's Union Pacific Northwest Line located in Crystal Lake, Illinois. The station is two stops away from the line's terminus at {{stl|Metra|Harvard}}, and most of the trains on the Northwest Line only run as far as Crystal Lake. A large coach yard is adjacent to the station and has additional storage tracks to store Metra trains overnight, and on holidays and weekends. A Union Pacific maintenance facility and office, some storage tracks for local freight trains and maintenance of way equipment as well as a junction are also located just southeast of here. The branch line to {{stl|Metra|McHenry}} splits off at this junction. The station is {{convert|43.3|mi|km}} away from Ogilvie Transportation Center.{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagorailfan.com/mmupnw.html|title=RAILROAD OPERATING INFORMATION|work=chicagorailfan.com|accessdate=21 July 2016}} Parking is available at the station. {{As of|2018}}, Crystal Lake is the 36th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 1,138 weekday boardings.{{Cite web|url=https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf|title=Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018|date=April 2019|website=Metra|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526034459/https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf|archive-date=26 May 2019|url-status=}}

As of May 30, 2023, Crystal Lake is served by 52 trains (27 inbound, 25 outbound) on weekdays, by 30 trains (15 in each direction) on Saturdays, and by 20 trains (nine inbound, all 11 outbound) on Sundays.

On weekdays, 13 inbound trains originate from Crystal Lake and 12 trains terminate here, with five inbound trains originating and five outbound trains terminating here on Saturdays, and two inbound trains originating and three outbound trains terminating here on Sundays.