Gilman station

Gilman, IL
Gilman Station in April 2016.
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 / 40.7617; -87.9956Coordinates: 40°45′42″N 87°59′44″W / 40.7617°N 87.9956°W / 40.7617; -87.9956
Line(s) Illinois Central (CN)
Platforms 1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Other information
Station code GLM
History
Opened October 26, 1986
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 3,333[1] Increase 2.3%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Carbondale
Illini and Saluki
toward Chicago
  Former services  
Illinois Central
Onarga
toward New Orleans
Main Line
Danforth
Ridgeville
toward St. Louis
St. Louis – Chicago
Amtrak
toward New Orleans
City of New Orleans
toward Chicago
Location
Gilman, IL
Location within Illinois

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

  1. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2014, State of Illinois" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Sanders, Craig (2006). Amtrak in the Heartland. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34705-3.
  3. ↑ Robert Tabern; Kandace Tabern (February 1, 2017). Outside the Rails: A Rail Route Guide from Chicago to Carbondale, IL. p. 55.


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