Gilman station

Gilman is an Amtrak intercity train station in Gilman, Illinois, United States. The stop is on their Illini and Saluki route.

Gilman, IL
Gilman station in April 2016.
LocationUS Highway 24 & West Wenona Street
Gilman, IL 60983
United States
Coordinates40.7617°N 87.9956°W / 40.7617; -87.9956
Line(s)CN Chicago Subdivison
Platforms1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
Station codeGLM
History
OpenedOctober 26, 1986
Traffic
Passengers (2014)3,333[1]  2.3%
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Rantoul
toward Carbondale
 Illini and Saluki Kankakee
toward Chicago
Former services
Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station
Onarga
toward New Orleans
 Main Line Danforth
toward Chicago
Ridgeville
toward St. Louis
 St. Louis – Gilman Terminus
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Champaign–Urbana
toward New Orleans
 City of New Orleans Kankakee
toward Chicago
Location
Gilman, IL
Location within Illinois

Service began at Gilman on October 26, 1986, when the Illini began stopping there. It was the first passenger service at Gilman since the creation of Amtrak on May 1, 1971. The northbound City of New Orleans also served Gilman until November 10, 1996[2]:105 The previous railroad station in Gilman was in the center of the city, located at the diamond junction between Illinois Central's main line to New Orleans and the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway (TP&W). The northwest quadrant of the junction contained the Illinois Central's main line to Springfield and St Louis, which split with the New Orleans main line just north of the station. The station building is still standing and is used by the Canadian National Railway's engineering department.[3]

References
  1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2014, State of Illinois" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  2. Sanders, Craig (2006). Amtrak in the Heartland. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34705-3.
  3. Robert Tabern; Kandace Tabern (February 1, 2017). Outside the Rails: A Rail Route Guide from Chicago to Carbondale, IL. p. 55.


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