Uptown Station
Bloomington–Normal | |||||||||||||||
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 Bloomington-Normal Station at Night | |||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||
| Location | 100 Parkinson Street Normal, IL 61761 | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°30′30″N 88°59′03″W / 40.5082°N 88.9842°W | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Amtrak | ||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Connections | BNPTS | ||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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| Station code | BNL | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1990 | ||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||
| 2011 | 244,566[1]  16.7% | ||||||||||||||
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The Bloomington–Normal Amtrak station is a train station in Normal, Illinois, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. The current terminal was built in 1990. The station is also served by connecting busses for passengers going to Davenport, Galesburg, Peoria, Champaign/Urbana, and Indianapolis. In 2011, nearly 250,000 train passengers boarded or alighted from Amtrak trains at the station, making Bloomington–Normal the fourth busiest Amtrak station in the Midwest behind Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Louis.
Amtrak service is provided by Lincoln Service, and the Texas Eagle. This was also a stop for the Ann Rutledge until April 2007.
A public parking lot was added in 2006, which offers free long-term parking for Amtrak passengers. Passengers may obtain a long-term parking pass.
On August 7, 2010 construction began on a new intermodal facility which will replace the current station. The new facility will include administrative offices for the town and city council in addition to serving Amtrak, city and long-distance buses. The facility is expected to open by June 2012. Construction, expected to cost between $43 and $47 million, is funded by a combination of federal, state and local grants.[2][3]
Connections
- Burlington Trailways: Indianapolis, IN-Burlington, IA
- Megabus: Chicago-Kansas City, MO
- BNPTS: E, H
Image gallery
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Inside the station -
No more pay phones -
Train arriving and boarding
References
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of Illinois" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
{{cite web}}: External link in|publisher= - ^ Ford, Mary Ann (August 7, 2010). "Officials: Transportation hub will help economy". Bloomington Pantagraph. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Aug 13, 2010: Hotline #667". NARP. 13 August 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
External links
- Normal, IL – Amtrak
- Normal, IL – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- Bloomington-Normal Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide – Train Web)
- Uptown Normal Webcam of Multimodal Station Construction (Normal.org)
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