Mendota station

Mendota, IL
The station building
General information
Location	8th Street and 6th Avenue Mendota, Illinois
Coordinates	41.5498°N 89.1171°W / 41.5498; -89.1171
Owned by	Mendota Museum and Historical Society
Line(s)	BNSF Mendota Subdivision
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	NCAT (dial-a-ride)
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: MDT
History
Opened	October 20, 1853
Rebuilt	February 23, 1888
Passengers
FY 2023	12,647 (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Princeton toward Quincy Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg Plano toward Chicago Princeton toward Los Angeles Southwest Chief Naperville toward Chicago      California Zephyr does not stop here
Former services Preceding station Burlington Route Following station Arlington toward Denver Main Line Meriden toward Chicago Kewanee toward Oakland California Zephyr Aurora toward Chicago Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station Sublette toward Freeport Freeport – Centralia Dimmick toward Centralia
Future services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Princeton toward Moline Quad Cities Proposed Plano toward Chicago
Location

Mendota station is an Amtrak intercity train station at 783 Main Street, Mendota, Illinois, United States.

The station was originally built on February 23, 1888, by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, as a replacement for the former Union Depot that was built in 1853 and burned down in 1885. It originally contained a hotel, restaurants and waiting rooms for passengers, and rooms for railroad employees. In 1942, much of the station was torn down, with little more than the waiting room and ticket office remaining intact.

Today the building is owned and preserved by the Mendota Museum and Historical Society as the Union Depot Railroad Museum. The station is a regular stop for the state-supported Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg trains, and the long-distance Southwest Chief. The California Zephyr also uses these tracks, but does not stop in Mendota. BNSF Railway also has a small freight yard and office adjacent to the station. This yard is used to store trains and locomotives that do local runs along the Mendota Subdivision (which are usually pulled by four axle road switchers).

Bibliography

• Hubbart, Gerald Wesley (1922). History of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad. Indiana University. Retrieved January 2, 2022.

External links

Media related to Mendota station at Wikimedia Commons

• Mendota, IL – Amtrak
• Mendota, IL – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Mendota Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
• Union Depot Railroad Museum