Mattoon station
Mattoon, IL | |||||||||||||||
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Location | 1718 Broadway Avenue Mattoon, IL 61938 United States | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°28′58″N 88°22′34″W / 39.4829°N 88.3760°WCoordinates: 39°28′58″N 88°22′34″W / 39.4829°N 88.3760°W | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | CN Champaign Subdivison | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform, 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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Status | Regular stop (Illini/Saluki) Flag stop (City of New Orleans) | ||||||||||||||
Station code | MAT | ||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1855[1] | ||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1860[1] January 21, 1918[1] | ||||||||||||||
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December 1977 | Station agent eliminated[1] | ||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||
2014 | 42,872[2] 3.9% | ||||||||||||||
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Illinois Central Railroad Depot | |||||||||||||||
Location | Mattoon, Illinois, USA | ||||||||||||||
Built | 1918 | ||||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 02000098 | ||||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | March 1, 2002 | ||||||||||||||
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Mattoon, IL Location within Illinois |
Mattoon is an Amtrak intercity train station in Mattoon, Illinois, United States. The station is a flag stop on the City of New Orleans route, served only when passengers have tickets to and from the station. It is a regular stop for the Illini and Saluki.
History[]
The Mattoon station is housed in the former Illinois Central Railroad Depot. The depot was completed in 1918 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[3] At its height, the building housed a power plant, mail room, luggage room, and restaurant, in addition to the main hall where passengers waited to board trains. As many as ten trains a day departed the depot in the 1950s.[4]
During 2010, a $3 million restoration project, paid for from a mix of private, state, and federal funding, was undertaken, replacing paint, flooring, and other interior fixtures.[5]
The depot today[]
There are no Amtrak employees at the station; the doors unlock and lock automatically before and after the arrival and departure of trains.[citation needed] The station currently serves as a stop for the Illini, Saluki, and City of New Orleans passenger trains [6] The tracks themselves, formerly part of the Illinois Central Railroad, are now owned by the Canadian National Railway (CN).[7] Freight trains run by CN pass through frequently.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Sanders, Craig (December 28, 1977). "Closing of Ticket Office Will End Era". The Journal Gazette. Mattoon, Illinois. p. 3. Retrieved November 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2014, State of Illinois" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places listings for Coles County, Illinois. www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com
- ^ Project Depot: History. www.projectdepot.org Archived 2005-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Renovations complete on eastern Ill. train depot". Chicago Tribune. 17 October 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
- ^ Great American Stations. Accessed March 27, 2013.
- ^ Great American Stations. Accessed March 27, 2013.
External links[]
Media related to Mattoon station at Wikimedia Commons
- Mattoon, IL – Amtrak
- Pictures of the Mattoon station from projectdepot.org.
- Mattoon Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
- National Register nomination
- Mattoon (MAT)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
- Amtrak stations in Illinois
- Transportation buildings and structures in Coles County, Illinois
- Former Illinois Central Railroad stations
- National Register of Historic Places in Coles County, Illinois
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1855
- Illinois railway station stubs