Uptown Station

Uptown Station
File:Uptown Station Normal IL.jpg
Other names	Bloomington–Normal
Location	11 Uptown Circle Normal, Illinois United States
Coordinates
Owned by	Town of Normal
Line(s)	Union Pacific Railroad
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Train operators	Amtrak
Bus operators	Connect Transit Burlington Trailways Peoria Charter
Construction
Parking	380 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Architect	Ratio Architects
Architectural style	Four-story red brick structure with limestone lintels and doorways
Other information
Station code	Amtrak code: BNL
History
Opened	1990
Rebuilt	2012
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	254,317   2.8%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Lincoln, IL toward St. Louis Lincoln Service Pontiac, IL toward Chicago Lincoln, IL toward San Antonio or Los Angeles Texas Eagle
Location
Uptown Station Location within Illinois

Uptown Station is an intermodal transportation center in Normal, Illinois, United States. It is served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system and also connecting buses for passengers going to Davenport, Galesburg, Peoria, Champaign/Urbana, and Indianapolis. Amtrak service is provided by Lincoln Service, and the Texas Eagle. This was also a stop for the Ann Rutledge until April 2007.

In 2014, 261,631 train passengers boarded or alighted from Amtrak trains making it the fourth busiest Amtrak station in the Midwest behind Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Louis, and the station served more passengers per train than St. Louis.

New facility

On August 7, 2010, construction began on a new intermodal facility to replace an existing station from 1990. The new facility includes administrative offices and council chambers for the town in addition to serving Amtrak, city and long-distance buses. The facility opened on July 14, 2012. Construction, which cost between $43 and $47 million, was funded by a combination of federal, state and local grants.

The new 68,000-square-foot (6,300 m²) transportation center was designed by Ratio Architects of Champaign; it is composed primarily of red brick with limestone trim. The building's prominent corner clock tower has become a landmark for the neighborhood. Numerous environmentally sustainable features are also included, such as a green roof partially planted in vegetation that will absorb rainwater and cool the building; the rest of the roof is covered in reflective materials to deflect sunlight.

Connections

Bus transportation providers are:

• Burlington Trailways between Indianapolis, IN and Burlington, IA
• Connect Transit regular routes A, B, D, E, G, H, I, and Nite Ride and Redbird Express serving Illinois State University.
• Peoria Charter: Peoria - O'Hare/Midway

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Bloomington-Normal Amtrak station information

• Amtrak – Stations – Normal, IL
• Bloomington-Normal Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide – Train Web)
• Uptown Normal Webcam of Multimodal Station Construction (Normal.org)
• Normal (BNL)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)

• http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/ILLINOIS14.pdf
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• Great American Stations. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
• Peoria Charter