Amtrak intercity train station in Plano, Illinois
Plano station
, also known as the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Depot
is an
Amtrak
intercity train station in
Plano
,
Illinois
, United States. The station was added to the U.S.
National Register of Historic Places
on November 12, 1993.
Currently, four Amtrak trains stop at Plano per day. These serves are the
Illinois Zephyr
and the
Carl Sandburg
. The
Illinois Zephyr
stops in the morning (to
Chicago Union Station
) and in the evening (to
Quincy
). The
Carl Sandburg
stops in the morning (to Quincy) and the evening (to Chicago). The
Southwest Chief
and
California Zephyr
pass through the station but do not stop.
Metra
is exploring extending the
BNSF Railway Line
to
Sandwich, Illinois
in the future, and originally proposed the Plano Amtrak station as one of the stops on the proposed extension.
[3]
However, the proposed station location was changed to near Little Rock road in Plano's city limits, over 1 mile west of the current station.
Architecture
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The rectangular
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Depot in Plano is constructed in a combination of
Classical Revival
and
American Craftsman
architectural styles.
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History
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The building currently being used as the
Amtrak
station in Plano, Illinois was constructed in 1913 by Eidelgeorge Reuter and Company of
Aurora, Illinois
.
[5]
Amtrak service began here on April 30, 1972.
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: 251?252
The Plano Amtrak station was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on November 12, 1993 due to its association with Plano's history of rail transportation.
[1]
The history of the city of Plano is tied to the railroad, the
Kendall County
city grew around the tracks unlike its neighbors of
Yorkville
, and
Oswego
.
[5]
The Amtrak station at Plano is one of the smallest station houses in the United States.
[5]
In popular culture
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The movie, "
Witless Protection
" was filmed in Plano, using the train station as the Police Headquarters in the movie. The station was also featured in the 2013 Superman movie, "
Man of Steel
", which was filmed in Plano. The station was used as the Village Hall for Superman's hometown of
Smallville
, Kansas.
See also
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References
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a
b
c
"National Register Information System"
.
National Register of Historic Places
.
National Park Service
. July 9, 2010.
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"Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Illinois"
(PDF)
.
Amtrak
. March 2024
. Retrieved
June 25,
2024
.
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"A step closer on local Metra station"
. Oswego Ledger-Sentinel. March 12, 2009.
Archived
from the original on December 28, 2010
. Retrieved
November 14,
2010
.
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"
Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad Depot
Archived
2006-07-16 at the
Wayback Machine
," Property Information Report, HAARGIS Database,
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
. Retrieved 17 May 2007.
- ^
a
b
c
"
Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad Depot
," (
PDF
), National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form, HAARGIS Database,
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
. Retrieved 17 May 2007.
- ^
Sanders, Craig (2006).
Amtrak in the Heartland
. Bloomington, Indiana:
Indiana University Press
.
ISBN
978-0-253-34705-3
.
External links
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Media related to
Plano station
at Wikimedia Commons
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