Illinois Terminal

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Illinois Terminal
Champaign-Urbana, IL
Illinois Terminal Champaign Illinois.jpg
Illinois Terminal in 2013
General information
Location45 East University Avenue
Champaign, Illinois
United States
Coordinates 40°06′57″N88°14′28″W / 40.11583°N 88.24111°W / 40.11583; -88.24111
Owned by Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (building)
Canadian National Railway (platform and tracks)
Line(s) CN Champaign Subdivision
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Train operators Amtrak
Bus stands10
Bus operators
Construction
Parking30 short and 50 long-term spaces
Bicycle facilities70 spaces with a bike repair station
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code Amtrak: CHM
History
Opened1999;25 years ago (1999)
Passengers
FY 2023217,042 [1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Mattoon
toward New Orleans
City of New Orleans Kankakee
toward Chicago
Mattoon
toward Carbondale
Illini and Saluki Rantoul
toward Chicago
Former services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Terminus Campus
1971–1972
Rantoul
Decatur
1981–1983
Terminus
Illini Rantoul
toward Chicago
Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station
Savoy
toward New Orleans
Main Line Leverett
toward Chicago
Location
Illinois Terminal

The Illinois Terminal is an intermodal passenger transport center located at 45 East University Avenue in Champaign, Illinois, United States. The facility opened in January 1999 and provides Amtrak train service and various bus services to the Champaign-Urbana area.

Contents

In 2021, the facility had the second-highest ridership in Illinois, behind Chicago Union Station and ahead of Uptown Station in Bloomington, with just over 103,000 passengers serviced.

Facilities

Owned by the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, the building also houses a Subway restaurant and the offices of the Junior League, as well as a school, meeting spaces, and banquet halls. [2] It formerly housed the Champaign office for Mike Frerichs when he represented Champaign-Urbana in the Illinois Senate. [3] [4]

Illinois Terminal was built with funds provided by the Federal Transit Administration, Illinois Department of Transportation, the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District and the city of Champaign, [2] and was named for the Illinois Terminal Railroad, an electric interurban line that ran from Champaign, and at one time extended as far as St. Louis. The track and platforms of the Illinois Terminal are owned by the Canadian National Railway, which acquired the Illinois Central Railroad in 1999. [2] Previously, trains stopped at the Illinois Central Railroad Depot, built in 1925 across University Avenue from the site of the current station. The previous 1899 station still stands, further up the line a few blocks.

There is a short term parking lot in front of the building with long term parking available off Water Street east of the tracks.

Services

The facility is used by the following transportation companies: [3]

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