Quincy station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Quincy, Illinois, United States. The station is one of the namesake stations of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q or Burlington Route), but today serves as the western terminus of Amtrak's Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg trains. It was built in 1985 and was modeled after a former streetcar station of the early 20th Century.[2] Previously, the Illinois Zephyr crossed the Mississippi River and terminated at the former CB&Q station in West Quincy, Missouri after stopping in Quincy; indeed, the Quincy station was built due to West Quincy being frequently cut off by flooding. The decision to build a station on the Illinois side proved to be prescient when the Great Flood of 1993 destroyed the West Quincy station.
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 Quincy station in February 2016. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | North 30th Street and Wisman Lane Quincy, Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°57′25″N 91°22′07″W / 39.9570°N 91.3685°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | City of Quincy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | BNSF Brookfield Subdivision | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Quincy Transit Lines | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | Amtrak: QCY | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY 2023 | 22,928[1] (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The city has received $6 million to build a new intermodal terminal closer to downtown. In addition to serving as an Amtrak station, it would become the city's Burlington Trailways station and a transfer hub for Quincy Transit Lines.[3] The location has not been finalized yet, but the planners currently favor a terminal near 2nd/Oak intersection, at the site of the city's original train station.[4] However, the funds would not be enough to cover any new rail, which would limit the planners' options.
Connections
editQuincy Transit Lines: Route 4 (Monday-Friday only)[5]
References
edit- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Illinois" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
- ^ Quincy, Illinois Station (QCY) Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- ^ Quincy to get $6 million in state money to build transit/Amtrak intermodal terminal By MATT HOPF Archived July 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Blue Route | Quincy, IL". www.quincyil.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
External links
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Media related to Quincy station (Amtrak) at Wikimedia Commons
- Quincy, IL – Amtrak
- Quincy, IL – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- Quincy Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
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