Editing Barrington, Illinois (section)

==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
====Transit====
[[Metra]] provides commuter rail service on the [[Union Pacific Northwest Line]] connecting [[Barrington station]] southeast to [[Ogilvie Transportation Center]] in Chicago and northwest to Harvard or McHenry.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rtachicago.org/uploads/files/general/RTA-System-Map.pdf|title=RTA System Map|access-date=January 30, 2024}}</ref>

====Highways====
* [[File:US 14.svg|20px]] [[US Route 14]] (Northwest Highway)
* [[File:Illinois 59.svg|20px]] [[Illinois Route 59]] (Hough Street)
* [[File:Illinois 68.svg|20px]] [[Illinois Route 68]] (Dundee Road)

=== Medical and emergency ===
In 1927, residents established a "Barrington General Hospital" in a local house. The hospital closed in 1935.<ref name="pioneerlocal.com"/> Various resident petitions and fundraising during the 1960s and 1970s renewed interest in a local hospital, and Good Shepherd Hospital opened in 1979 north of Barrington.<ref name="pioneerlocal.com"/>

In 2009, the Barrington Police Department had 23 full-time police officers;<ref name="pioneerlocal.com"/> and in 2007, the Barrington Fire Department had 38 full-time firefighters. The Village has an emergency operations plan as well as a [[reverse 911|community notification system]] called Connect-CTY.<ref name="EmerMgmt">{{cite web| url= http://www.ci.barrington.il.us/EmergencyManagement/index.html| title= Village of Barrington - Emergency Management| publisher= Ci.barrington.il.us| access-date= July 10, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100706081014/http://www.ci.barrington.il.us/EmergencyManagement/index.html| archive-date= July 6, 2010| url-status= dead| df= mdy-all}}</ref>