Barrington station


Barrington is a station on Metra's Union Pacific/Northwest Line located in Barrington, Illinois. The station is located at 201 South Spring Street in Barrington, and is from Ogilvie Transportation Center, the southern terminus of the Union Pacific/Northwest Line. In Metra's zone-based fare structure, Barrington is located in Zone G. As of 2018, Barrington is the 16th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations on the Metra system, with an average of 1,725 weekday boardings. Barrington has two tracks and two side platforms; it is the innermost station on the Union Pacific/Northwest Line without a third express track, which begins about a quarter mile southeast of the station near Baker Lake. It is also the last station outbound within Cook County. A station house where tickets may be purchased is on the inbound platform. Parking is available at the station.
Four outbound trains on the UP/Northwest Line terminate at Barrington. These four trains are stored during overnight hours at a small coach yard about a half mile west of the station.