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Bloomington-Normal Station at Night |
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| Address | 100 Parkinson Street Normal, IL 61761 |
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| Connections | BNPTS | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1990 | ||||||||||||||
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| Code | BNL | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Amtrak | ||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2010) | 209,629[1] 8.8% | ||||||||||||||
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The Bloomington–Normal Amtrak station is a train station in Normal, Illinois, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. The current terminal was built in 1990. The station is also served by connecting busses for passengers going to Davenport, Galesburg, Peoria, Champaign/Urbana, and Indianapolis. In 2010, more than 200,000 train passengers boarded or alighted from Amtrak trains at the station, making Bloomington–Normal the fourth busiest Amtrak station in the Midwest behind Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Louis.
Amtrak service is provided by Lincoln Service, and the Texas Eagle. This was also a stop for the Ann Rutledge until April 2007.
A public parking lot was added in 2006, which offers free long-term parking for Amtrak passengers. Passengers may obtain a long-term parking pass.
On August 7, 2010 construction began on a new intermodal facility which will replace the current station. The new facility will include administrative offices for the town and city council in addition to serving Amtrak, city and long-distance buses. The facility is expected to open by June 2012. Construction, expected to cost between $43 and $47 million, is funded by a combination of federal, state and local grants.[2][3]
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