| Style: | Amtrak | ||||||
| Quincy, IL | |||||||
| Coordinates: | 39.957°N -91.3685°W | ||||||
| Tracks: | 2 | ||||||
| Opened: | 1985 | ||||||
| Accessible: | Yes | ||||||
| Owned: | City of Quincy | ||||||
| Other Services Header: | Former services | ||||||
| Other Services Collapsible: | yes | ||||||
| Mapframe: | yes | ||||||
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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.[1] 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.
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.[2] 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.[3] However, the funds would not be enough to cover any new rail, which would limit the planners' options.
Route 4 (Monday-Friday only)[4]