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{{short description|American passenger transport center}}
{{For|the railroad of the same name|Illinois Terminal Railroad}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Illinois Terminal<br />{{small|Champaign-Urbana, IL}}
| style = Amtrak
| image = Illinois Terminal Champaign Illinois.jpg
| caption = Illinois Terminal in 2013
| address = 45 East University Avenue
| borough = [[Champaign, Illinois]]
| country = United States
| coordinates = {{coord|40|06|57|N|88|14|28|W|region:US-IL|display=inline,title}}
| owned = [[Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District]] (building)<br>[[Canadian National Railway]] (platform and tracks)
| line = [[Canadian National Railway|CN]] Champaign Subdivision<!-- the physical "line" is not the same as "services" which are detailed below -->
| platforms = 1 [[side platform]]
| tracks = 1
| train_operators = [[Amtrak]]
| bus_stands = 10
| bus_operators = {{Unbulleted list
   |{{rint|bus|1}} [[Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District|Champaign-Urbana MTD]]
   |{{rint|bus|1}} [[Champaign County Area Rural Transit System|C-CARTS]]
   |{{rint|bus|1}} [[Burlington Trailways]]
   |{{rint|us|greyhound}} [[Greyhound Lines]]
   |{{rint|bus|1}} [[Peoria Charter Coach Company|Peoria Charter]]
   |{{rint|bus|1}} [[Danville Mass Transit]]
   }}
| bus_routes = 
| connections = 
| structure = 
| parking = 30 short and 50 long-term spaces
| bicycle = 70 spaces with a bike repair station
| accessible = Yes
| code = {{Amtrak code|CHM}}
| opened = {{start date and age|1999}}
| closed = 
| rebuilt = 
| mpassengers = {{rail pass box|system=Amtrak|passengers={{Amtrak ridership|Champaign-Urbana}}{{Amtrak ridership|citationIL}}|pass_year={{Amtrak ridership|date}}}}
| services = {{Adjacent stations
  |system1=Amtrak
    |line1=City of New Orleans|left1=Mattoon|right1=Kankakee
    |line2=Saluki/Illini|left2=Mattoon|right2=Rantoul
  }}
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services_collapsible = yes
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations
   |system1=Amtrak
    |line1=Campus|right1=Rantoul|note-mid1=1971–1972
    |line2=Illini (Central)|left2=Decatur|right2=Rantoul|note-left2=1981–1983|to-left2=Decatur|to-right2=Chicago
  |system3=Illinois Central Railroad
    |line3=main|left3=Savoy|right3=Leverett}}
 | mapframe = yes
 | mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |marker=rail |marker-color=#{{rcr|Amtrak}} |zoom=14 }}
}}

The '''Illinois Terminal''' is an [[intermodal passenger transport]] center located at 45 East University Avenue in [[Champaign, Illinois]], United States. The facility opened in January 1999 and provides Amtrak train service and various bus services to the [[Champaign-Urbana]] area.

In 2021, the facility had the second-highest ridership in Illinois, behind [[Chicago Union Station]] and ahead of [[Uptown Station]] in Bloomington, with just over 103,000 passengers serviced.

==Facilities==
Owned by the [[Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District]], the building also houses a [[Subway restaurant]] and the offices of the [[Junior League]], as well as a school, meeting spaces, and banquet halls.<ref name=CHM>[http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/CHM "Champaign - Urbana, IL (CHM)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315033834/http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/CHM |date=2015-03-15 }} on ''The Great American Stations'' website</ref> It formerly housed the Champaign office for [[Mike Frerichs]] when he represented Champaign-Urbana in the [[Illinois Senate]].<ref name="it_cumtd" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mikefrerichs.com/|title=Mike Frerichs – Loan Advisor|website=mikefrerichs.com|access-date=2011-07-18|archive-date=2011-07-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721174616/http://www.mikefrerichs.com/|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

Illinois Terminal was built with funds provided by the [[Federal Transit Administration]], [[Illinois Department of Transportation]], the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District and the city of Champaign,<ref name=CHM /> and was named for the [[Illinois Terminal Railroad]], an electric interurban line that ran from Champaign, and at one time extended as far as St. Louis. The track and platforms of the Illinois Terminal are owned by the [[Canadian National Railway]], which acquired the [[Illinois Central Railroad]] in 1999.<ref name=CHM /> Previously, trains stopped at the Illinois Central Railroad Depot, built in 1925 across University Avenue from the site of the current station. The previous 1899 station still stands, further up the line a few blocks.

There is a short term parking lot in front of the building with long term parking available off Water Street east of the tracks.

==Services==
The facility is used by the following transportation companies:<ref name="it_cumtd">[http://www.cumtd.com/aboutmtd/it/ Illinois Terminal Information]." ''CU-MTD''. Retrieved on July 15, 2009.</ref>
*[[Amtrak]] (second floor)
*[[Burlington Trailways]]
*[[Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District]]
*[[Greyhound Lines]]
*[[Peoria Charter Coach Company|Peoria Charter]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://peoriacharter.com/schedule.php?tt=OW|title=Peoria Charter|website=peoriacharter.com|access-date=2015-05-17|archive-date=2015-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518091601/https://peoriacharter.com/schedule.php?tt=OW|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Danville Mass Transit]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ridedmt.org/schedules/10_danville-champaign.pdf|title=Archived copy|access-date=2018-09-15|archive-date=2017-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404060149/http://ridedmt.org/schedules/10_danville-champaign.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Illinois Terminal}}
{{Amtrak web|CHM|Champaign-Urbana, IL|ILLINOIS}}
*[http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/champaign.htm Champaign-Urbana Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)]

{{Amtrak Illinois stations}}
{{Champaign, Illinois}}
{{Transportation in Champaign-Urbana}}

[[Category:Amtrak stations in Illinois]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1999]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Champaign, Illinois]]
[[Category:Transportation buildings and structures in Champaign County, Illinois]]
[[Category:Bus stations in Illinois]]