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Gilman, IL
Gilman station in April 2016.
General information
Location	US Highway 24 & West Wenona Street Gilman, Illinois United States
Coordinates	40°45′42″N 87°59′44″W / 40.7617°N 87.9956°W / 40.7617; -87.9956
Line(s)	CN Chicago Subdivision
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	SHOW Bus (dial-a-ride)
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: GLM
History
Opened	October 26, 1986; 38 years ago (1986-10-26)
Passengers
2014	3,333  2.3%
FY 2023	1,702 (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Rantoultoward Carbondale Illini and Saluki Kankakeetoward Chicago      City of New Orleans does not stop here
Former services Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station Onargatoward New Orleans Main Line Danforthtoward Chicago Ridgevilletoward St. Louis St. Louis – Gilman Terminus Preceding station Amtrak Following station Champaign–Urbanatoward New Orleans City of New Orleans Kankakeetoward Chicago
Location

Gilman station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Gilman, Illinois, United States. The stop is on their Illini and Saluki route.

Service began at Gilman on October 26, 1986, when the Illini began stopping there. It was the first passenger service at Gilman since the creation of Amtrak on May 1, 1971. The northbound City of New Orleans also served Gilman until November 10, 1996. The previous railroad station in Gilman was in the center of the city, located at the diamond junction between Illinois Central's main line to New Orleans and the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway (TP&W). The northwest quadrant of the junction contained the Illinois Central's main line to Springfield and St Louis, which split with the New Orleans main line just north of the station. The station building is still standing and is used by the Canadian National Railway's engineering department.

References

1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2014, State of Illinois" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Illinois" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
3. Sanders, Craig (2006). Amtrak in the Heartland. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34705-3.
4. Robert Tabern; Kandace Tabern (February 1, 2017). Outside the Rails: A Rail Route Guide from Chicago to Carbondale, IL. p. 55.

External links

• Gilman, IL – Amtrak
• Gilman, IL – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Gilman Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)

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