Quincy station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Quincy, Illinois, United States. The station is one of the namesake stations of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q or Burlington Route), but today serves as the western terminus of Amtrak's Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg trains. It was built in 1985 and was modeled after a former streetcar station of the early 20th Century.[2] Previously, the Illinois Zephyr crossed the Mississippi River and terminated at the former CB&Q station in West Quincy, Missouri after stopping in Quincy; indeed, the Quincy station was built due to West Quincy being frequently cut off by flooding. The decision to build a station on the Illinois side proved to be prescient when the Great Flood of 1993 destroyed the West Quincy station.
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Quincy station, February 2016. | |||||||||||||
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Location | North 30th Street and Wisman Lane Quincy, Illinois | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39.9570°N 91.3685°W / 39.9570; -91.3685 | ||||||||||||
Owned by | City of Quincy | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | BNSF Brookfield Subdivision | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||
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Station code | Amtrak: QCY | ||||||||||||
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Opened | 1985 | ||||||||||||
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FY 2021 | 14,450[1] (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||
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The city has received $6 million to build a new intermodal terminal closer to downtown. In addition to serving as an Amtrak station, it would become the city's Burlington Trailways station and a transfer hub for Quincy Transit Lines.[3] The location has not been finalized yet, but the planners currently favor a terminal near 2nd/Oak intersection, at the site of the city's original train station.[4] However, the funds would not be enough to cover any new rail, which would limit the planners' options.
Quincy Transit Lines: Route 4 (Monday-Saturday only)
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