Mattoon station
Amtrak intercity train station in Mattoon, Illinois
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Mattoon station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Mattoon, Illinois, United States. The station is a flag stop on the City of New Orleans route, served only when passengers have tickets to and from the station. It is a regular stop for the Illini and Saluki.
Mattoon, Illinois
United States
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The Mattoon station platform in April 2016. The depot constructed by the Illinois Central Railroad is on the left. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1718 Broadway Avenue Mattoon, Illinois United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39.4829°N 88.3760°W | |||||||||||||||||
| Line | CN Champaign Subdivision | |||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform, 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Coles County Zipline | |||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Regular stop (Illini/Saluki) Flag stop (City of New Orleans) | |||||||||||||||||
| Station code | Amtrak: MAT | |||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1855[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1860 March 1917–January 21, 1918[2][3] | |||||||||||||||||
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| December 1977 | Station agent eliminated[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||
| FY 2025 | 34,319[4] (Amtrak) | |||||||||||||||||
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Illinois Central Railroad Depot | ||||||||||||||||||
 Interactive map of Illinois Central Railroad Depot | ||||||||||||||||||
| Built | 1918 | |||||||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 02000098 | |||||||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | March 1, 2002 | |||||||||||||||||
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History
The Mattoon station is housed in the former Illinois Central Railroad Depot. The depot was completed in 1918 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[5] At its height, the building housed a power plant, mail room, luggage room, and restaurant, in addition to the main hall where passengers waited to board trains. As many as ten trains a day departed the depot in the 1950s.[6]
During 2010, a $3 million restoration project, paid for from a mix of private, state, and federal funding, was undertaken, replacing paint, flooring, and other interior fixtures.[7]
The depot today
There are no Amtrak employees at the station; the doors unlock and lock automatically before and after the arrival and departure of trains.[citation needed] The station currently serves as a stop for the Illini, Saluki, and City of New Orleans passenger trains [8] The tracks themselves, formerly part of the Illinois Central Railroad, are now owned by the Canadian National Railway (CN).[9] Freight trains run by CN pass through frequently.[citation needed]
Transit service to the depot from Mattoon and Charleston is provided by Dial-A-Ride Rural Public Transportation, which provides deviated fixed-route and demand-response service.
