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Mattoon station - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 39°28′58″N 88°22′34″W / 39.4829°N 88.3760°W

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Mattoon, IL

The Mattoon station platform in April 2016. The depot constructed by the Illinois Central Railroad is on the left.

General information

Location

1718 Broadway Avenue
Mattoon, Illinois
United States

Coordinates

39°28′58″N 88°22′34″W / 39.4829°N 88.3760°W

Line(s)

CN Champaign Subdivision

Platforms

1 side platform, 1 island platform

Tracks

Connections

Coles County Zipline

Other information

Status

Regular stop (Illini/Saluki)
Flag stop (City of New Orleans)

Station code

Amtrak: MAT

History

Opened

1855^[1]

Rebuilt

1860
March 1917–January 21, 1918^[2]^[3]

Key dates

December 1977

Station agent eliminated^[1]

Passengers

FY 2023

27,691^[4] (Amtrak)

Services

Preceding station	Amtrak			Following station
Effingham toward New Orleans		City of New Orleans		Champaign–Urbana toward Chicago
Effingham toward Carbondale		Illini and Saluki		Champaign–Urbana toward Chicago

Former services

Preceding station	Illinois Central Railroad			Following station
Aetna toward New Orleans		Main Line		Dorans toward Chicago
Coles toward Peoria		Peoria – Evansville		Newby toward Evansville

Illinois Central Railroad Depot

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Built

1918

NRHP reference No.

02000098

Added to NRHP

March 1, 2002

Mattoon station 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.^[5] 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.^[6]

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.^[7]

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 ^[8] The tracks themselves, formerly part of the Illinois Central Railroad, are now owned by the Canadian National Railway (CN).^[9] Freight trains run by CN pass through frequently.^{[citation needed]}

Transit service to the depot from Mattoon and Charleston is provided by Dial-A-Ride Rural Public Transportation, which provides deviated fixed-route and demand-response service.

References

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ "Work Begun on Mattoon Station". The Effingham Republican. March 8, 1917. p. 1. Retrieved June 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "New Depot Opened". The Windsor Gazette. Windsor, Shelby County, Illinois. January 24, 1918. p. 1. Retrieved June 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Illinois" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
^ 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.

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