Quincy_station_(Amtrak)

Quincy station (Amtrak)

Quincy station (Amtrak)

Amtrak intercity train station in Quincy, Illinois

"Quincy station" and "Quincy station (Illinois)" redirect here. For the Chicago 'L' station, see Quincy station (CTA). For the police station in Quincy, Massachusetts, see Quincy Police Station.

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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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

Quincy Transit Lines: Route 4 (Monday-Friday only)[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of Illinois" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  2. [2]
    Quincy, Illinois Station (QCY) Great American Stations (Amtrak)
  3. [3]
    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
  4. [4]
    "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. [5]
    "Blue Route | Quincy, IL". www.quincyil.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-28.

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