Moline station is a proposed train station in Moline, Illinois, for the Quad Cities train. Construction has begun and the station was initially expected that rail service would begin by 2019.[2][3]^{[needs update]}

Moline, IL
The Q in downtown Moline, which currently houses an Element Hotel by Westin, and is planned to additionally house the Amtrak station and a multi-modal transit hub[1]
General information
Owned by	City of Moline
Line(s)	Iowa Interstate Railroad
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opening	TBA
Future services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Terminus Quad Cities Proposed Geneseo toward Chicago

In July 2019, a new transportation bill was passed by the Illinois state legislature, supported by Governor J.B. Pritzker, $225M was appropriated to begin this service.[4]

History

Until 1979, the Rock Island Railroad's Quad Cities Rocket, served the Quad Cities. However, due to poor on-time performance and deteriorating track conditions, ridership declined substantially, causing the state of Illinois to pull the subsidy keeping the train running, leaving the Quad Cities without passenger rail service.[5]

In 2008, efforts to restore passenger rail service to the Quad Cities were set in motion. In 2010, the City of Moline got a federal TIGER grant for construction of the station.[6] However, in early 2015, Governor Bruce Rauner put all major spending projects under review, including the Chicago-Quad Cities Amtrak line, on hold.[7] Despite this, construction on the station started in 2015, and continued throughout the period the line's future was in question.[8][9] By June 2016, under threat of losing the federal funding for the line, the state released the matching funds needed to move the project forward.[10] On February 24, 2017, it was announced that the station will be complete in August, with passenger rail service to commence soon thereafter.[11] As of November 26, 2018^[update], no service had yet been scheduled.[12] In its 2020–2025 service plan, Amtrak forecasts that the Chicago–Moline route will begin in fiscal year 2024 and attract 165,600 riders that year.[13]

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