Illinois Terminal
- Champaign-Urbana MTD
- C-CARTS
- Burlington Trailways
- Greyhound Lines
- Peoria Charter
- Danville Mass Transit
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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.
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]
- Amtrak (second floor)
- Burlington Trailways
- Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District
- Greyhound Lines
- Peoria Charter[5]
- Danville Mass Transit[6]
References
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Illinois" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Champaign - Urbana, IL (CHM)" Archived 2015-03-15 at the Wayback Machine on The Great American Stations website
- ^ a b Illinois Terminal Information." CU-MTD. Retrieved on July 15, 2009.
- ^ "Mike Frerichs – Loan Advisor". mikefrerichs.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
- ^ "Peoria Charter". peoriacharter.com. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-04-04. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
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External links
Media related to Illinois Terminal at Wikimedia Commons
- Champaign-Urbana, IL – Amtrak
- Champaign-Urbana, IL – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- Champaign-Urbana Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
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