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Illinois Terminal

Illinois Terminal Champaign-Urbana, IL
Illinois Terminal in 2013
General information
Location	45 East University Avenue Champaign, Illinois United States
Coordinates	40°06′57″N 88°14′28″W / 40.11583°N 88.24111°W / 40.11583; -88.24111
Owned by	Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (building) Canadian National Railway (platform and tracks)
Line(s)	CN Champaign Subdivision
Platforms	1side platform
Tracks	1
Train operators	Amtrak
Bus stands	10
Bus operators	Champaign-Urbana MTD C-CARTS Burlington Trailways Greyhound Lines Peoria Charter Danville Mass Transit
Construction
Parking	30 short and 50 long-term spaces
Bicycle facilities	70 spaces with a bike repair station
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: CHM
History
Opened	1999; 25 years ago (1999)
Passengers
FY 2023	217,042[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Mattoon toward New Orleans City of New Orleans Kankakee toward Chicago Mattoon toward Carbondale Illini and Saluki Rantoul toward Chicago
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Terminus Campus 1971–1972 Rantoul toward Chicago–Central Decatur 1981–1983 Terminus Illini Rantoul toward Chicago Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station Savoy toward New Orleans Main Line Leverett toward Chicago
Location

The Illinois Terminal is an intermodal passenger transport center located at 45 East University Avenue in Champaign, Illinois, United States. The facility opened in January 1999 and provides Amtrak train service and various bus services to the Champaign-Urbana area.

In 2021, the facility had the second-highest ridership in Illinois, behind Chicago Union Station and ahead of Uptown Station in Bloomington, with just over 103,000 passengers serviced.

Owned by the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, the building also houses a Subway restaurant and the offices of the Junior League, as well as a school, meeting spaces, and banquet halls.^[2] It formerly housed the Champaign office for Mike Frerichs when he represented Champaign-Urbana in the Illinois Senate.^[3][4]

Illinois Terminal was built with funds provided by the Federal Transit Administration, Illinois Department of Transportation, the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District and the city of Champaign,^[2] and was named for the Illinois Terminal Railroad, an electric interurban line that ran from Champaign, and at one time extended as far as St. Louis. The track and platforms of the Illinois Terminal are owned by the Canadian National Railway, which acquired the Illinois Central Railroad in 1999.^[2] Previously, trains stopped at the Illinois Central Railroad Depot, built in 1925 across University Avenue from the site of the current station. The previous 1899 station still stands, further up the line a few blocks.

There is a short term parking lot in front of the building with long term parking available off Water Street east of the tracks.

The facility is used by the following transportation companies:^[3]

• Amtrak (second floor)
• Burlington Trailways
• Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District
• Greyhound Lines
• Peoria Charter^[5]
• Danville Mass Transit^[6]

Media related to Illinois Terminal at Wikimedia Commons

• Champaign-Urbana, IL – Amtrak
• Champaign-Urbana, IL – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Champaign-Urbana Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)