Mount Pleasant station (Iowa)

Mount Pleasant, IA
The station building
General information
Location418 North Adams Street
Mount Pleasant, Iowa
Coordinates40°58′17″N 91°33′02″W / 40.9713°N 91.5506°W / 40.9713; -91.5506
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: MTP
Passengers
FY 20238,402[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Ottumwa
toward Emeryville
California Zephyr Burlington
toward Chicago
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Ottumwa Desert Wind
Discontinued in 1997
Burlington
toward Chicago
Ottumwa
toward Seattle
Pioneer
Discontinued in 1997
Preceding station Burlington Route Following station
Rome
toward Denver
Main Line New London
toward Chicago
Fairfield
toward Oakland
California Zephyr Burlington
toward Chicago
Location
Map

Mount Pleasant station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad built the pressed brick depot in 1912.[2] The contractors were J. Louis Whitney and K.A. Bergdah, two prominent Mt. Pleasant builders at that time. Using funds received under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Amtrak installed a new wheelchair lift and enclosure at the station in 2010.[3]

The Mount Pleasant station has a waiting area and lobby open to the public 365 days a year. The ticket office is staffed for ticket sales and baggage service Monday–Friday excluding holidays or when the agent is out sick or on vacation.[4]

Mount Pleasant is also served by intercity buses from Burlington Trailways. However, the intercity bus stop is located 1.8 miles (2.9 km) east of Mount Pleasant station, at the Heidelburg Motel at 2005 East Washington Street.[5]

  1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Illinois" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  2. ^ Great American Stations. Accessed April 7, 2013.
  3. ^ Great American Stations. Accessed April 7, 2013.
  4. ^ "Mt. Pleasant, IA (MTP) | Amtrak".
  5. ^ "Iowa". 22 March 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2022.