Uptown Station Bloomington–Normal, IL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | 11 Uptown Circle Normal, Illinois United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°30′31″N 88°59′03″W / 40.50861°N 88.98417°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Town of Normal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | UP Joliet Subdivision | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | 380 spaces | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architect | Ratio Architects | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architectural style | Four-story red brick structure with limestone lintels and doorways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | Amtrak: BNL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FY 2023 | 203,842[1] (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Uptown Station is an intermodal transportation center[2] in Normal, Illinois, United States. It is served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system, and is the major intercity rail station in north-central Illinois. It appears on Amtrak timetables as Bloomington–Normal.
Amtrak runs two routes through the station–the Lincoln Service and the Texas Eagle. This was also a stop for the Ann Rutledge until April 2007. Amtrak Thruway motorcoach routes serve the station via Davenport, Galesburg, Peoria, Champaign-Urbana, and Indianapolis.
In 2022, 178,018 train passengers boarded or alighted from Amtrak trains at Uptown Station, making it the second busiest Amtrak station in Illinois behind Chicago[3] This is primarily due to the large number of passengers traveling to and from Chicago and St. Louis. In 2019 Uptown station was the 44th busiest Amtrak station in the United States with 229,894 passengers.[4]
Uptown Station serves as host to numerous transportation providers in addition to housing the Town of Normal municipal offices and Town Council chambers