Decatur station (Illinois)

Decatur, IL
Former Wabash Railroad and Amtrak passenger rail station
Decatur station in August 2006.
General information
Location	780 East Cerro Gordo Street, Decatur, Illinois 62523
History
Opened	July 1, 1981 (Amtrak)[1]
Closed	May 1, 1971 (Norfolk and Western)[2] July 10, 1983 (Amtrak)[3]
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Terminus Illini Champaign–Urbana toward Chicago Preceding station Wabash Railroad Following station Wyckles via Hannibal toward Kansas City Main Line East Decatur toward Chicago Knights via St. Louis toward Kansas City Knights toward St. Louis St. Louis – Detroit East Decatur toward Detroit
Wabash Railroad Station and Railway Express Agency
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	780 E. Cerro Gordo St., Decatur, Illinois
Coordinates	39°50′50″N 88°56′47″W / 39.84722°N 88.94639°W / 39.84722; -88.94639
Area	less than one acre
Built	1901 (1901)
Built by	Menke, Edward H.
Architect	Link, Theodore
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	94000029[4]
Added to NRHP	February 4, 1994

The Decatur station, also known as the Wabash Railroad Station and Railway Express Agency, is a historic railway station located at 780 East Cerro Gordo Street in Decatur, Illinois. Built in 1901, the station served trains on the Wabash Railroad, the most economically significant railroad through Decatur. Architect Theodore Link designed the Classical Revival building. Service to the station ended in the 1980s, and it has since been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.