Mendota (Amtrak station)

Mendota
The station building
Station statistics
Address	8th Street and 6th Avenue Mendota, IL 61342
Coordinates	41°32′59″N 89°07′02″W / 41.5498°N 89.1171°W / 41.5498; -89.1171Coordinates: 41°32′59″N 89°07′02″W / 41.5498°N 89.1171°W / 41.5498; -89.1171
Lines	Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg   Southwest Chief
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	February 23, 1888[1]
Code	MDT
Owned by	Mendota Museum and Historical Society
Traffic
Passengers (FY2010)	21,082[2]  0.1% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Princeton toward Quincy Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg Plano toward Chicago Princeton toward Los Angeles Southwest Chief Naperville toward Chicago     Former services     Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Arlington toward Denver Main Line Meriden toward Chicago Union Station

The Mendota Amtrak station is a train station located at 783 Main Street, Mendota, Illinois, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system.

Mendota Station was originally built on February 23, 1888, by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, as a replacement for the former Union Depot that was built in 1853 and burned down in 1885. It originally contained a hotel, restaurants and waiting rooms for passengers, and rooms for railroad employees. In 1942, much of the station was torn down, with little more than the waiting room and ticket office remaining intact.

Today the building is owned and preserved by the Mendota Museum and Historical Society as the Union Depot Railroad Museum.^[3]

Gallery

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  Looking down the tracks

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  Angled view

References

1. ^ Mendota, Illinois; Great American Stations (Amtrak)
2. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of Illinois" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/ILLINOIS10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 
3. ^ Mendota Museum and Historical Society

External links

• Amtrak – Stations – Mendota, IL
• Mendota Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
• Union Depot Railroad Museum