Cumberland station (Metra)

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 18.2 miles (29.3 km) from Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago.^[2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Cumberland is in zone 3. As of 2018^[update], Cumberland is the 109th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 442 weekday boardings.^[1]

Cumberland
General information
Location	475 East Northwest Highway Des Plaines, Illinois 60016
Coordinates	42.0524°N 87.9122°W / 42.0524; -87.9122
Owned by	Union Pacific
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Connections	Pace Bus
Construction
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	1967
Passengers
2018	442 (average weekday)[1]  2.9%
Rank	109 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station Mount Prospect toward Harvard or McHenry Union Pacific Northwest Des Plaines toward Ogilvie
Former services Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station Mount Prospect toward Crystal Lake Wisconsin Division Des Plaines toward Chicago
Track layout Legend UP-NW northwest to Harvard or McHenry US 14 (Northwest Hwy.) IL 58 (Golf Rd.) UP-NW southeast to Ogilvie
Location

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.

Pace Bus connections

• 208 Golf Road
• 221 Wolf Road (weekdays only)
• 234 Wheeling/Des Plaines (weekdays only)

References

1. "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.
2. Metra Railfan Tips - Union Pacific Northwest Line

External links

• Metra - Cumberland Station
• Station House from Google Maps Street View