Princeton station (Illinois)

Princeton is an Amtrak intercity train station at 107 Bicentennial Drive in Princeton, Illinois. The station was built in 1911 by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad[2] and is listed as "Princeton City" on the Amtrak website and the List of Amtrak stations. Amtrak, the Illinois Department of Transportation and the city worked together to renovate the depot in 1998. Over the following six years, a new roof and gutters were installed, brickwork was repaired and the restrooms were upgraded.[3]

Princeton, IL
Princeton station in October 2011
Location107 Bicentennial Drive
Princeton, Illinois
Coordinates41.3852°N 89.4669°W / 41.3852; -89.4669
Owned byBNSF Railway
Line(s)BNSF Railway Mendota Subdivision
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
Station codePCT
History
Opened1911
Rebuilt1998
Passengers
201838,244[1]  3.52%
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Galesburg
toward Emeryville
 California Zephyr Naperville
toward Chicago
Galesburg
toward Los Angeles
 Southwest Chief Mendota
toward Chicago
Kewanee
toward Quincy
 Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Galesburg
toward Los Angeles
 Desert Wind
Discontinued in 1997
 Naperville
toward Chicago
Preceding station Burlington Route Following station
Wyanet
toward Denver
 Main Line Malden
toward Chicago
Future services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Geneseo
toward Moline
 Quad Cities
Proposed
 Mendota
toward Chicago

The station is adjacent to Darius Miller Park, which was named in honor of Darius Miller, president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q) from 1910 to 1914; officials from the CB&Q donated the land for the park following Miller's death.[4]

References
  1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2018, State of Illinois" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  2. Princeton, Illinois; Great American Stations (Amtrak)
  3. Great American Stations. Accessed March 28, 2013.
  4. Barker, Donna (July 6, 2011). "Darius Miller needs a facelift". BCRNews.com. Retrieved November 30, 2013.

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