Tracks 2 Passengers (2014) 24,019 5.5% Phone +1 800-872-7245 | Station code MDT Opened 23 February 1888 Platforms in use 1 | |
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Location 8th Street and 6th Avenue
Mendota, IL 61342 Owned by Mendota Museum and Historical Society Line(s) Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg
Southwest Chief Address 783 Main St, Mendota, IL 61342, USA Owner Mendota Museum-Historical Society Similar Plano station, Princeton station, Kewanee station, Union Depot Railroad, Naperville station | ||
Mendota 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 Illinois Zephyr and the Southwest Chief. The California Zephyr also uses these tracks, but does not stop in Mendota.