Princeton station (Illinois)

{{Short description|Train station in Princeton, Illinois}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

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{{Infobox station

| style=Amtrak

| name=Princeton, IL

| image=Princeton Depot PA150798.JPG

| image_caption=Princeton station in October 2011

| address=107 Bicentennial Drive
Princeton, Illinois

| coordinates={{coord|41.3852|-89.4669|type:railwaystation_region:US-IL|display=inline,title}}

| line=BNSF Mendota Subdivision

| other=

| platform=2 side platforms

| tracks=2

| connections={{rint|bus|1}} BPART (dial-a-ride)

| parking=

| bicycle=

| mpassengers = {{rail pass box|system=Amtrak|passengers={{Amtrak ridership|Princeton}}{{Amtrak ridership|citationIL}}|pass_year={{Amtrak ridership|date}}}}

| opened=1911

| rebuilt=1998

| accessible=

| code= {{Amtrak code|PCT}}

| owned=BNSF Railway

| zone=

| services= {{Adjacent stations|system1=Amtrak|line1=California Zephyr|left1=Galesburg|right1=Naperville|line2=Carl Sandburg/Illinois Zephyr|left2=Kewanee|right2=Mendota|line3=Southwest Chief|left3=Galesburg|right3=Mendota}}

|other_services_header=Former services

|other_services_collapsible=yes

|other_services={{Adjacent stations|system=Amtrak

|line=Desert Wind|left=Galesburg|right=Naperville|note-mid=Discontinued in 1997|line2=Pioneer|left2=Galesburg|right2=Naperville|note-mid2=Discontinued in 1997|system3=Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|line3=main|left3=Wyanet|right3=Malden}}

|other_services2_header=Future services

|other_services2_collapsible=yes

|other_services2={{Adjacent stations|system1=Amtrak|line1=Quad Cities|left1=Geneseo|right1=Mendota

}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |marker=rail |marker-color=#{{rcr|Amtrak}} |zoom=15 }}

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Princeton station is an Amtrak intercity train station at 107 Bicentennial Drive in Princeton, Illinois. The station was built in 1911 by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad[http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/PCT/Station_view Princeton, Illinois; Great American Stations (Amtrak)] and is listed as "Princeton City" on the Amtrak website and the List of Amtrak stations. Amtrak, the Illinois Department of Transportation and the city worked together to renovate the depot in 1998. Over the following six years, a new roof and gutters were installed, brickwork was repaired and the restrooms were upgraded.[http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/PCT/Station_view Great American Stations]. Accessed March 28, 2013.

The station is adjacent to Darius Miller Park, which was named in honor of Darius Miller, president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q) from 1910 to 1914; officials from the CB&Q donated the land for the park following Miller's death.{{cite news| url=http://www.bcrnews.com/2011/07/06/darius-miller-needs-a-facelift/aw6vw1c/?page=2| title=Darius Miller needs a facelift| work=BCRNews.com| date=July 6, 2011| author=Barker, Donna| accessdate=November 30, 2013}}