The former Alton Railroad station, later used by the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad was built of brick. This station was located on College Avenue, south of the current station location. The 1928-built station was demolished after the current transportation center opened.[2]
Under the Federal Railroad Administration's High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR) program, the state of Illinois received $1.2 billion to improve the Chicago-St. Louis rail corridor so passenger trains will be able to attain regular speeds of 110 miles per hour (180 km/h). Part of the funding awarded to the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) included $7.4 million for the construction of a new station in Alton, which is one of the busiest Amtrak stops in the state. In December 2011, the city received an additional $13.85 million for the new station through the U.S. Department of Transportation's Transportation Investments Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program.[2]
The Alton Regional Multimodal Transportation Center, which opened September 13, 2017, accommodates intercity passenger rail, local and regional buses, taxis, and cyclists. IDOT architects designed the station, and the city then assumed ownership and maintains the property.[2]
Transportationedit
Alton Station serves as a multimodal transfer point for Amtrak and Madison County Transit.
alton, station, illinois, alton, regional, multimodal, transportation, center, also, known, alton, station, station, alton, illinois, that, served, amtrak, lincoln, service, texas, eagle, this, also, stop, rutledge, until, april, 2007, three, amtrak, stations,. Alton Regional Multimodal Transportation Center also known as Alton station is a station in Alton Illinois that is served by Amtrak s Lincoln Service and the Texas Eagle This was also a stop for the Ann Rutledge until April 2007 It is one of three Amtrak stations in the St Louis metropolitan area the other two are the Gateway Multimodal Transportation Center located in downtown St Louis and the Amtrak station in Kirkwood Missouri Alton ILThe Regional Mulitmodal Transportation Center in 2021General informationLocation1 Golf RoadAlton IllinoisUnited StatesCoordinates38 55 16 N 90 9 26 W 38 92111 N 90 15722 W 38 92111 90 15722Owned byAmtrak IDOT and the City of AltonLine s Union Pacific RailroadPlatforms1 side platformTracks1ConnectionsMadison County TransitConstructionParking227 spacesBicycle facilitiesYesOther informationStation codeAmtrak ALNHistoryOpened1928Rebuilt1989 2017PassengersFY 202249 368 1 Amtrak ServicesPreceding station Amtrak Following station St LouisTerminus Lincoln Service Carlinvilletoward Chicago St Louistoward Los Angeles or San Antonio Texas EagleFormer servicesPreceding station Amtrak Following station At former station St Louistoward Laredo or Houston Inter American Carlinvilletoward Chicago Preceding station Alton Railroad Following station Wood Rivertoward St Louis Main Line Godfreytoward Chicago Godfreytoward Kansas City Kansas City St Louis Wood Rivertoward St LouisLocation Contents 1 History 2 Transportation 2 1 Amtrak 2 2 Bus transportation 3 References 4 External linksHistory edit nbsp The former station used until 2017 The former Alton Railroad station later used by the Gulf Mobile and Ohio Railroad was built of brick This station was located on College Avenue south of the current station location The 1928 built station was demolished after the current transportation center opened 2 Under the Federal Railroad Administration s High Speed Intercity Passenger Rail HSIPR program the state of Illinois received 1 2 billion to improve the Chicago St Louis rail corridor so passenger trains will be able to attain regular speeds of 110 miles per hour 180 km h Part of the funding awarded to the Illinois Department of Transportation IDOT included 7 4 million for the construction of a new station in Alton which is one of the busiest Amtrak stops in the state In December 2011 the city received an additional 13 85 million for the new station through the U S Department of Transportation s Transportation Investments Generating Economic Recovery TIGER program 2 The Alton Regional Multimodal Transportation Center which opened September 13 2017 accommodates intercity passenger rail local and regional buses taxis and cyclists IDOT architects designed the station and the city then assumed ownership and maintains the property 2 Transportation editAlton Station serves as a multimodal transfer point for Amtrak and Madison County Transit Amtrak edit The station is currently served by Amtrak s Lincoln Service and the Texas Eagle 3 with an average of 10 trains daily 4 Bus transportation edit The station is connected to Madison County Transit bus routes 7 8 and 10 5 References edit Amtrak Fact Sheet Fiscal Year 2022 State of Illinois PDF Amtrak June 2023 Retrieved August 30 2023 a b c Great American Stations Accessed March 20 2013 Amtrak Alton IL ALN www trainweb org Retrieved 2021 12 12 New Amtrak Station in Alton serves the River Bend Region Amtrak Media 2017 09 15 Retrieved 2021 12 12 Madison County Transit Schedules And Maps mct org Retrieved 2021 12 12 External links edit nbsp Media related to Alton Amtrak station at Wikimedia Commons Alton Amtrak station information Alton IL Amtrak Alton IL Station history at Great American Stations Amtrak Amtrak Stations Database nbsp This Illinois train station related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alton station Illinois amp oldid 1223957565, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
