Uptown Station

Uptown Station
Bloomington–Normal, IL
General information
Location11 Uptown Circle
Normal, Illinois
United States
Coordinates40°30′31″N 88°59′03″W / 40.50861°N 88.98417°W / 40.50861; -88.98417
Owned byTown of Normal
Line(s)UP Joliet Subdivision
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Parking380 spaces
AccessibleYes
ArchitectRatio Architects
Architectural styleFour-story red brick structure with limestone lintels and doorways
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: BNL
History
Opened1990
Rebuilt2012
Passengers
FY 2023203,842[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Lincoln
toward St. Louis
Lincoln Service Pontiac
toward Chicago
Lincoln Texas Eagle
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Lincoln
toward Laredo or Houston
Inter-American Pontiac
toward Chicago
Lincoln Loop
Preceding station Alton Railroad Following station
Bloomington
toward St. Louis
Main Line Towanda
toward Chicago
Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station
Panola
toward Freeport
Freeport – Centralia Colonial
toward Centralia
Location
Map

Uptown Station is an intermodal transportation center[2] in Normal, Illinois, United States. It is served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system, and is the major intercity rail station in north-central Illinois. It appears on Amtrak timetables as Bloomington–Normal.

Amtrak runs two routes through the station–the Lincoln Service and the Texas Eagle. This was also a stop for the Ann Rutledge until April 2007. Amtrak Thruway motorcoach routes serve the station via Davenport, Galesburg, Peoria, Champaign-Urbana, and Indianapolis.

In 2022, 178,018 train passengers boarded or alighted from Amtrak trains at Uptown Station, making it the second busiest Amtrak station in Illinois behind Chicago[3] This is primarily due to the large number of passengers traveling to and from Chicago and St. Louis. In 2019 Uptown station was the 44th busiest Amtrak station in the United States with 229,894 passengers.[4]

  1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Illinois" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  2. ^ "Uptown Station". Town of Normal. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Uptown Station serves as host to numerous transportation providers in addition to housing the Town of Normal municipal offices and Town Council chambers
  3. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet - Fiscal Year 2022 State of Illinois" (PDF). www.amtrak.com.
  4. ^ "State Fact Sheets | Amtrak".