Harvard station (Metra)

Harvard
Harvard Metra Station, looking northwest
Location	1 North Ayer Street Harvard, Illinois
Coordinates	42°25′12″N 88°37′03″W / 42.4199°N 88.6175°WCoordinates: 42°25′12″N 88°37′03″W / 42.4199°N 88.6175°W
Owned by	Union Pacific
Line(s)	UP-NW
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Connections	Pace Buses
Construction
Structure type	Brick
Parking	Parking lot operated by City of Harvard
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	M
History
Opened	1993
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	275 (avg. weekday)[1]
Rank	125 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station   Metra   Following station Terminus Union Pacific Northwest Harvard Branch Woodstock toward Ogilvie

Harvard station is a Metra commuter rail station in Harvard, Illinois. It is the terminus of the Union Pacific/Northwest Line. It is the only Metra station located in the M zone, and is the farthest Metra station from Chicago at 62.8 miles (101.1 km).^[2] The station contains a parking lot operated by the City of Harvard. A coach yard is adjacent to the station and is used to store trains during weekends and overnight hours. Trains that travel to Chicago pass through an entire fare zone to reach Woodstock, although there is no intermediate stop as no stations are located in zone L.

Being Chicago's most northwesterly commuter rail station, the Harvard station attracts commuters from the Rockford and Belvidere region of northern Illinois as well as South-Central Wisconsin.

Bus connections

Pace

• 808 Crystal Lake/Harvard

References

1. Metra (December 2014). "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count, Summary Results" (PDF).
2. "Railroad Operating Information: Union Pacific". Chicago Railfan.

External links

• Metra - Harvard Station
• Station from Ayer Street from Google Maps Street View