| Morris | ||||||||||||||||
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| Former Rock Island Line passenger rail station | ||||||||||||||||
 Morris station in 1986. | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Near  IL 47Morris, Illinois | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | track owned by CSX Transportation | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1900 | |||||||||||||||
| Services | ||||||||||||||||
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Morris station was a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway station in Morris, Illinois. Unlike many old stations, the depot is still standing on the south side of the track just west of Route 47. The tracks were built by the Rock Island Line in 1853. The single track line is now on the CSX New Rock Subdivision. Across the tracks is the former Illinois Terminal Railway station house, now used as a business. The station is considered for service on Amtrak's proposed Chicago—Moline—Iowa City line. There is speculation that Metra's Rock Island District will be extended to Morris.
References
- ^ Class I Railroad in the Chicago Area. Retrieved February 14, 2011
- ^ Surviving Illinois Railroad Stations Archived 2011-03-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 14, 2011
- "Morris station" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
- Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway. Retrieved February 14, 2011
- "Chapter 2 Alternatives" (PDF). Illinois Department of Transportation/Iowa Department of Transportation. September 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2011.
External links
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. IL-80, "Rock Island Railroad, Morris Passenger Depot"
- Morris, IL train station on Flickr
- Other picture
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