The Naperville station was built in 1910 by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. Today Amtrak shares this facility with Metra, and it is the primary stop for Chicago’s western…
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On June 14, 2012, Uptown Station was dedicated during a ribbon-cutting ceremony that included remarks from U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, Normal Mayor Chris Koos, Amtrak…
The Amtrak station in Plano was built in 1913 by Eidelgeorge Reuter and Company of Aurora, Ill., as a replacement for an older building. Financed by the Chicago, Burlington and…
Pontiac officials were joined by state and Amtrak representatives on June 5, 2017, to dedicate a new $2.65 million station in Pontiac. Lincoln Service trains and the Texas Eagle began making regular stops the following day,…
Originally built in 1911 by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (now BNSF Railway), the station at Princeton, Ill. was recently renovated. It now has a new roof and gutters,…
The Quincy station was opened in 1985 and is designed to look like a local streetcar depot from the early 1900s, such as the one standing a few miles west…
Although the brick station building still stands at Rantoul, Amtrak passengers use a nearby shelter on the platform; the building belongs to the village of Rantoul. The first settlers in…
The brick Amtrak station in downtown Springfield was constructed for the Chicago and Alton Railway in 1895. It was served by successor companies, including the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railway…
The Summit station is roughly 13 miles southwest of downtown Chicago and is a stop on Amtrak’s Lincoln Service connecting Chicago with St. Louis, as well as Metra’s commuter rail…
Amtrak customers at Connersville use a brick shelter on the platform, constructed with funds raised by volunteers of the local Rotary Club. A brick railroad depot, still standing nearby, was…
Amtrak established the Great American Stations Project in 2006 to educate communities on the benefits of redeveloping train stations, offer tools to community leaders to preserve their stations, and provide the appropriate Amtrak resources.
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