Plano station (Illinois)
Plano, IL | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The station at Plano in September 2016. The former Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q) station is on the left. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 101 West Main Street Plano, Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°39′44″N 88°32′27″W / 41.6621°N 88.5407°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | BNSF Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | BNSF Mendota Subdivision | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | KAT (dial-a-ride) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | Amtrak: PLO | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1913 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY 2024 | 5,289 (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Depot | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | less than one acre | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Architect | Eidelgeorge Reuter and Company | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 93001238 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | November 12, 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Plano station, also known as the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Depot is an Amtrak intercity train station in Plano, Illinois, United States. The station was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on November 12, 1993.
Currently, four Amtrak trains stop at Plano per day. These serves are the Illinois Zephyr and the Carl Sandburg. The Illinois Zephyr stops in the morning (to Chicago Union Station) and in the evening (to Quincy). The Carl Sandburg stops in the morning (to Quincy) and the evening (to Chicago). The Southwest Chief and California Zephyr pass through the station but do not stop.
Metra has explored extending the BNSF Line to Sandwich, Illinois in the future, and originally proposed the Plano Amtrak station as one of the stops on the proposed extension. However, the proposed station location was changed to near Little Rock road in Plano's city limits, over 1 mile west of the current station.