Chillicothe, IL
Former Amtrak and AT&SF station
The former Chillicothe Amtrak station in 2016.
General information
Location1831 North Santa Fe Avenue, Chillicothe, Illinois 61523
 United States
Coordinates40°55′47″N 89°29′43″W / 40.929659°N 89.495377°W / 40.929659; -89.495377
Owned byBNSF Railway
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
Station codeCIA[1]
History
ClosedAugust 1, 1996[2]
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Galesburg (SF Depot)
toward Dallas or Houston
 Lone Star Streator
toward Chicago
Galesburg (SF Depot)
toward Los Angeles
 Southwest Chief
Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station
Edelstein
toward Los Angeles
 Main Line Wilbern
toward Chicago

Chillicothe was an Amtrak stop in Chillicothe, Illinois; a suburb of Peoria. The station was a stop on the Southwest Chief between Chicago Union Station and Los Angeles Union Station before the opening of the Cameron Connector led to the train being rerouted between Galesburg and Chicago via the BNSF Railway's Mendota Subdivision in 1996.

Amtrak service at Chillicothe began on May 1, 1971 with the Chicago-Houston Texas Chief,[3] a service previously run by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. This route was renamed the Lone Star in 1974 and discontinued in 1979.[4]

For most of Amtrak's first quarter-century, it was Peoria's only link to the national rail system. The short-lived Prairie Marksman ran to East Peoria in 1980 and 1981.

The station site, Streator and the Galesburg station are currently served by BNSF on their Chillicothe Subdivision.

References

  1. ↑ "Amtrak Timetable - Effective April 14, 1996". timetables.org. Washington, D.C.: Amtrak. April 14, 1996. p. 6. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
  2. ↑ Cherrington, Rex (June 20, 1996). "Did Galesburg businessmen really need to pay to bring the Santa Fe Railway to Town?". The Zephyr. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Amtrak Timetables - Effective May 1, 1971". timetables.org. Washington DC: Amtrak. May 1, 1971. p. 23. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Lone Star is Near End of the Line". The Ithaca Journal. October 9, 1979. p. 26. Retrieved January 5, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
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