Cumberland station (Metra)

{{Short description|Commuter rail station in Des Plaines, Illinois}}

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| name={{Metra header|Cumberland

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| image=Cumberland Metra Station.jpg

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| address=475 East Northwest Highway
Des Plaines, Illinois 60016

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| other=Pace Bus

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| platform=1 side platform, 1 island platform

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| tracks=3

| parking=Yes

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| passengers=442 (average weekday)

| pass_year=2018

| pass_percent=-2.9

| pass_rank=109 out of 236

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| opened=1967

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| accessible=Yes

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| owned=Union Pacific

| zone=3

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|other_services_collapsible=yes

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|line2=Wisconsin Division|left2=Mount Prospect|right2=Des Plaines}}

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Cumberland station is one of two commuter railroad stations on Metra's Union Pacific Northwest Line in the city of Des Plaines, Illinois. It is officially located at 475 East Northwest Highway (US 14), and lies {{convert|18.2|mi|km}} from Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago.[http://www.chicagorailfan.com/mmupnw.html Metra Railfan Tips - Union Pacific Northwest Line] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Cumberland is in zone 3. {{As of|2018}}, Cumberland is the 109th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 442 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, Cumberland is served by 60 trains (30 in each direction) on weekdays, by 31 trains (16 inbound, 15 outbound) on Saturdays, and by 19 trains (nine inbound, 10 outbound) on Sundays.

While Metra gives the address as 475 East Northwest Highway, the main parking area is across the tracks and is only accessible from East Golf Road between a Union Pacific freight line crossing, and the intersection of Wolf and Seeger Roads, where East Golf Road turns under both the UP-NW Line and Northwest Highway. Along Northwest Highway itself, there is some parking along the eastbound lane between the State Street-Cornell Avenue intersection and the station house west of the bridge over East Golf Road.

Southeast of this station, the Union Pacific Northwest Line passes through Deval Tower, a three-way junction with the Canadian National Railway's Waukesha Subdivision (used by Metra's North Central Service) and the Union Pacific's "New Line" to Milwaukee.