Gilman station
Gilman, IL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Gilman Station in April 2016. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | US Highway 24 & West Wenona Street Gilman, IL 60983 United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°45′42″N 87°59′44″W / 40.7617°N 87.9956°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Illinois Central (CN) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform, 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | GLM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | October 26, 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2014 | 3,333[1]  2.3% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gilman is an Amtrak intercity train station in Gilman, Illinois, United States. The stop is on their Illini and Saluki 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]: 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
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2014, State of Illinois" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- ^ Sanders, Craig (2006). Amtrak in the Heartland. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34705-3.
- ^ Robert Tabern; Kandace Tabern (February 1, 2017). Outside the Rails: A Rail Route Guide from Chicago to Carbondale, IL. p. 55.
External links
- Gilman, IL – Amtrak
- Gilman, IL – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- Gilman Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
- Gilman (GLM)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)
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