| Mattoon, IL | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Style: | Amtrak | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Address: | 1718 Broadway Avenue | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Borough: | Mattoon, Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Country: | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 39.4829°N -88.376°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line: | CN Champaign Subdivision | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platform: | 1 side platform, 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks: | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections: | Coles County Zipline | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Status: | Regular stop (Illini/Saluki) Flag stop (City of New Orleans) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt: | 1860 March 1917 - January 21, 1918[1] [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years1: | December 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Events1: | Station agent eliminated[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Services Header: | Former services | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Services Collapsible: | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Mattoon station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Mattoon, Illinois, United States. The station is a flag stop on the City of New Orleans route, served only when passengers have tickets to and from the station. It is a regular stop for the .
The Mattoon station is housed in the former Illinois Central Railroad Depot. The depot was completed in 1918 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[4] At its height, the building housed a power plant, mail room, luggage room, and restaurant, in addition to the main hall where passengers waited to board trains. As many as ten trains a day departed the depot in the 1950s.[5]
During 2010, a $3 million restoration project, paid for from a mix of private, state, and federal funding, was undertaken, replacing paint, flooring, and other interior fixtures.[6]
There are no Amtrak employees at the station; the doors unlock and lock automatically before and after the arrival and departure of trains. The station currently serves as a stop for the Illini, Saluki, and City of New Orleans passenger trains [7] The tracks themselves, formerly part of the Illinois Central Railroad, are now owned by the Canadian National Railway (CN).[8] Freight trains run by CN pass through frequently.
Transit service to the depot from Mattoon and Charleston is provided by Dial-A-Ride Rural Public Transportation, which provides deviated fixed-route and demand-response service.