Springfield, Illinois (Amtrak station)

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Springfield
Station statistics
Address	N. 3rd and Washington Sts. Springfield, IL 62701
Lines	Amtrak: Ann Rutledge Lincoln Service Texas Eagle
Other information
Accessible
Code	SPI
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	110,276 0%

The Springfield Amtrak station, a brick railroad depot, serves Springfield, Illinois, the state capital. It is at mile 185 on Amtrak's Illinois and Missouri Route. As of 2007, it is served by five trains daily each way: the once daily Texas Eagle, the once daily Ann Rutledge and the thrice daily Lincoln Service.

The station was served by the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad until the startup of Amtrak in 1971.

Springfield is applying for federal grant money to construct a new transportation hub building that could bring together Amtrak and local bus service. Estimates of the cost of this project, published in February 2007, ranged from $13 to $18 million, ^[1] but this was a decrease from an earlier estimate of $50.0 million. ^[2] One reason for the discrepancies is uncertainty over whether to try to accomplish a major relocation of railroad tracks that pass through downtown Springfield; the tracks have served the downtown area since the time of Abraham Lincoln.

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[edit] External links

• Amtrak - Stations - Springfield

• Ridership figures, FY 2004
• Ridership figures, FY 2005
• Ridership figures, FY 2006

• Amtrak's Texas Eagle

Previous station		Amtrak		Next station
Carlinville toward Kansas City		Ann Rutledge		Lincoln toward Chicago
Carlinville toward St. Louis		Lincoln Service
Alton toward San Antonio or Los Angeles		Texas Eagle