Harvard (Metra station)

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°W / 42.4199; -88.6175Coordinates: 42°25′12″N 88°37′03″W / 42.4199°N 88.6175°W / 42.4199; -88.6175
Owned by	Union Pacific
Line(s)	Union Pacific Northwest
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[2]
Services
Preceding station   Metra   Following station Terminus Union Pacific Northwest Harvard Branch Woodstock toward Ogilvie

Harvard is a station on Metra's Union Pacific/Northwest Line located in Harvard, Illinois. The station is the terminus of the 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).^[3] The station contains a parking lot operated by the City of Harvard.

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

External links

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