Macomb station

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Not to be confused with McComb station.
Macomb, IL
Macomb station - May 2017.jpg
The Macomb station in May 2017.
Location120 East Calhoun Street, Macomb, Illinois 61455
Coordinates40°27′40″N 90°40′21″W / 40.4611°N 90.6724°W / 40.4611; -90.6724Coordinates: 40°27′40″N 90°40′21″W / 40.4611°N 90.6724°W / 40.4611; -90.6724
Line(s)BNSF Railway
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsGo West Transit
Other information
Station codeMAC
History
OpenedNovember 1855[1]
Rebuilt1913
Passengers
201765,759[2][3] Decrease 1.6%
Services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Quincy
Terminus
 Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg Galesburg
toward Chicago
Former services
Preceding station Burlington Route Following station
toward Kansas City
 Kansas City – Galesburg
toward Galesburg

Macomb is an Amtrak intercity train station in Macomb, Illinois, United States. There is one daily morning train to Chicago. In the evening, the return train continues on to Quincy, Illinois. The station is a brick structure constructed around 1913 by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad as designed by the railroad's architect Walter Theodore Krausch.[4]

Transit connections[]

Go West Transit at the new City Center Bus Transfer and Amtrak parking across tracks on North Randolph Street.

The following Routes service the City Center Bus Transfer Facility:

  • Route 5 - Brown - Jackson Street Express
  • Route 10 - Amtrak
  • Route 12 - South
  • Route 14 - North
  • Route 15 - East
  • Route 16 - Northwest
  • Route 17 - Northeast
  • Route 18 - Southeast
  • Route 19 - Southwest
  • Route 24 - North
  • Route 26 - Summer Northwest

References[]

  1. ^ "Northern Cross Railroad". The Ottawa Free Trader. Ottawa, Illinois. November 17, 1855. p. 2. Retrieved December 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  2. ^ "Amtrak in Illinois 2015-2017" (PDF). Rail Passengers Association. January 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2017, State of Illinois" (PDF). Amtrak. January 2018.
  4. ^ Granacki, Victoria, and Lara Ramsey (November 21, 2012). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, "Macomb Courthouse Square Historic District"" (PDF). Illinois.gov. Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved August 14, 2016.

External links[]

Media related to Macomb (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons


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