Ottawa Station (Rock Island Line)

Ottawa Former Rock Island Line passenger rail station
Station statistics
Address	Marquette Street and IL 23 / IL 71 (Columbus Street) Ottawa, Illinois
Coordinates	41°21′16″N 88°50′25″W / 41.354573°N 88.840218°W / 41.354573; -88.840218Coordinates: 41°21′16″N 88°50′25″W / 41.354573°N 88.840218°W / 41.354573; -88.840218
Structure	at-grade
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Owned by	track owned by CSX Transportation
Services
Former services     Preceding station   Rock Island Line   Following station Utica toward Denver or Colorado Springs Main Line Marseilles toward LaSalle Street

Ottawa Station was a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad station in Ottawa, Illinois. It was located just east of Columbus Street and on the south side of the track.^[1] The building had the same design as Rock Island Line stations in Iowa City and Council Bluffs, Iowa.^[2] The station is east of a junction with the Illinois Railway (former CB&Q branch line to Streator).^[3] The still standing station house is used for CSX Maintenance of way vehicles.

References

1. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Ottawa Station (Rock Island Line) (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=41.354573,-88.840218&num=1&t=h&sll=41.345589,-88.842577&sspn=0.067031,0.128059&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=41.354533,-88.840476&spn=0.001977,0.006824&z=18. Retrieved March 4, 2011. 
2. ^ History of the Council Bluffs Rock Island Depot. Retrieved March 4, 2011
3. ^ CSX-Illinois Railway junction. Retrieved March 4, 2011

External Links

• Iowa Interstate passing by
• Picture