Macomb station

Amtrak intercity train station in Macomb, Illinois
40°27′40″N 90°40′21″W / 40.4611°N 90.6724°W / 40.4611; -90.6724Line(s)BNSF Brookfield SubdivisionPlatforms1 side platformTracks1ConnectionsBus transport Go West TransitOther informationStation codeAmtrak: MACHistoryOpenedNovember 1855[1]Rebuilt1913PassengersFY 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
toward Kansas City
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

  • Macomb, IL – Amtrak
  • Macomb, IL – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
  • Macomb Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
  • Official list of Go West Transit routes that stop at Macomb station
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