Morris Station

Morris Former Rock Island Line passenger rail station
Station statistics
Address	Near IL 47 Morris, Illinois
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Opened	1900
Owned by	track owned by CSX Transportation[1]
Services
Former services     Preceding station   Rock Island Line   Following station Seneca toward Denver or Colorado Springs Main Line Minooka toward LaSalle Street

Morris Station was a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway station in Morris, Illinois. Unlike many old stations, the depot is still standing on the south side of the track just west of Route 47.^[2][3] The tracks were built by the Rock Island Line in 1853.^[4] The single track line is now on the CSX New Rock Subdivision.^[1] Across the tracks is the former Illinois Terminal Railway station house, now used as a business.^[2] The station is considered for service on Amtrak's proposed Chicago—Moline—Iowa City line.^[5]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Class I Railroad in the Chicagoland Area. Retrieved February 14, 2011
2. ^ ^{a b} Surviving Illinois Railroad Stations. Retrieved February 14, 2011
3. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Morris Station (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Morris,+IL&aq=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=34.671324,78.837891&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Morris,+Grundy,+Illinois&ll=41.364011,-88.423263&spn=0.002021,0.006856&t=h&z=18. Retrieved February 14, 2011. 
4. ^ Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway. Retrieved February 14, 2011
5. ^ "Chapter 2 Alternatives". Illinois Department of Transportation/Iowa Department of Transportation. September 2009. http://www.chicagotoiowacity.com/documents/ea/Chapter%202.pdf. Retrieved February 28, 2011. 

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