Chillicothe station (Illinois)
Chillicothe, IL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Former Amtrak and AT&SF station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() The former Chillicothe Amtrak station in 2016. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | 1831 North Santa Fe Avenue, Chillicothe, Illinois 61523![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°55′47″N 89°29′43″W / 40.929659°N 89.495377°WCoordinates: 40°55′47″N 89°29′43″W / 40.929659°N 89.495377°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | BNSF Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | CIA[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Closed | August 1, 1996[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chillicothe was a former Amtrak stop in Chillicothe, Illinois; a suburb of Peoria. The station was a stop on the Southwest Chief between Chicago Union Station and Los Angeles Union Station before the alignment was changed to go via Burlington Northern Santa Fe's Mendota Subdivision in 1996.
Amtrak service at Chillicothe began on May 1, 1971 with the Chicago-Houston Texas Chief,[3] a service previously run by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. This route was renamed the Lone Star in 1974 and discontinued in 1979.[4]
For most of Amtrak's first quarter-century, it was Peoria's only link to the national rail system. The short-lived Prairie Marksman ran to East Peoria in 1980 and 1981.
The station site, Streator and the Galesburg station are currently served by BNSF on their Chillicothe Subdivision.
References[]
- ^ "Amtrak Timetable - Effective April 14, 1996". timetables.org. Washington, D.C.: Amtrak. April 14, 1996. p. 6. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ^ Cherrington, Rex (June 20, 1996). "Did Galesburg businessmen really need to pay to bring the Santa Fe Railway to Town?". The Zephyr. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ^ "Amtrak Timetables - Effective May 1, 1971". timetables.org. Washington DC: Amtrak. May 1, 1971. p. 23. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ^ "Lone Star is Near End of the Line". The Ithaca Journal. October 9, 1979. p. 26. Retrieved January 5, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
External links[]
- Former Amtrak stations in Illinois
- Former Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway stations
- Railway stations closed in 1996
- Transportation buildings and structures in Peoria County, Illinois