Gilman (Amtrak station)
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| Address | US Highway 24 & West Wenona Street Gilman, IL 60983 |
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| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | October 26, 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Code | GLM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2011) | 2,758[1]  27% |
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The Gilman Amtrak station is a train station in Gilman, Illinois served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. The stop is on their Chicago to Carbondale, Illinois route.
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] Gilman was the point where the former Illinois Central Railroad mainline split to St. Louis, with the main line continuing south towards New Orleans, Louisiana. Both lines are now owned by Canadian National Railway.
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2011, State of Illinois" (PDF). Amtrak. December 2011. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/ILLINOIS11.pdf. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- ^ Sanders (2006), 105.
[edit] Notes
- Sanders, Craig (2006). Amtrak in the Heartland. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-34705-X.
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