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Macomb_station Latitude and Longitude:

40°27′40″N 90°40′21″W / 40.4611°N 90.6724°W / 40.4611; -90.6724
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Macomb, IL
Macomb station in May 2017.
General information
Location120 East Calhoun Street
Macomb, Illinois
Coordinates 40°27′40″N 90°40′21″W / 40.4611°N 90.6724°W / 40.4611; -90.6724
Line(s) BNSF Brookfield Subdivision
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsBus transport Go West Transit
Other information
Station code Amtrak: MAC
History
OpenedNovember 1855 [1]
Rebuilt1913
Passengers
FY 202241,675 [2] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Quincy
Terminus
Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg Galesburg
toward Chicago
Former services
Preceding station Burlington Route Following station
Colchester Kansas City – Galesburg Bardolph
toward Galesburg

Macomb station 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. [3]

Transit connections

Go West Transit at 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 icon
  2. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of Illinois" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  3. ^ 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.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)

External links

Media related to Macomb (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons