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{{Short description|Amtrak intercity train station in Mattoon, Illinois}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox station
| name               = Mattoon, IL
| style              = Amtrak
| image              = Mattoon Station April 2016.jpg
| caption            = The Mattoon station platform in April&nbsp;2016. The depot constructed by the [[Illinois Central Railroad]] is on the left.
| address            = 1718 Broadway Avenue
| borough            = [[Mattoon, Illinois]]
| country            = United States
| coordinates        = {{coord|39.4829|-88.3760|type:railwaystation_region:US-IL|display=inline,title}}
| owned              = 
| line               = [[Canadian National Railway|CN]] Champaign Subdivision<!-- the physical "line" is not the same as "services" which are detailed below -->
| platform           = 1 [[side platform]], 1 [[island platform]]
| tracks             = 2
| connections        = {{Bus icon}} [[Coles County Zipline]]
| parking            = 
| bicycle            = 
| accessible         = 
| status             = Regular stop (''Illini/Saluki'')<br />[[Request stop|Flag stop]] (''City of New Orleans'')
| code               = {{Amtrak code|MAT}}
| opened             = {{start date|1855}}<ref name="agentclosed77" />
| rebuilt            = 1860<br>March&nbsp;1917&ndash;January 21, 1918<ref name="1917work">{{cite news |title=Work Begun on Mattoon Station |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/effingham-weekly-news-mattoon-station-m/150059419/ |access-date=June 25, 2024 |work=The Effingham Republican |date=March 8, 1917 |page=1|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref><ref name="jan1918opening">{{cite news |title=New Depot Opened |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/shelby-county-news-gazette-mattoon-stati/150059558/ |access-date=June 25, 2024 |work=The Windsor Gazette |date=January 24, 1918 |location=[[Windsor, Shelby County, Illinois]] |page=1|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>

| years1             = December&nbsp;1977
| events1            = Station agent eliminated<ref name="agentclosed77">{{cite news |last1=Sanders |first1=Craig |title=Closing of Ticket Office Will End Era |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63500006/mattoon-agent-december-28-1977/ |accessdate=November 17, 2020 |work=The Journal Gazette |date=December 28, 1977 |location=Mattoon, Illinois |page=3|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>
| mpassengers        = {{rail pass box|system=Amtrak|passengers={{Amtrak ridership|Mattoon}}{{Amtrak ridership|citationIL}}|pass_year={{Amtrak ridership|date}}}}
| services           = {{Adjacent stations|system=Amtrak
    |line1=City of New Orleans|left1=Effingham|right1=Champaign-Urbana
    |line2=Saluki/Illini|left2=Effingham|right2=Champaign-Urbana
    }}
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services_collapsible = yes
| other_services     = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Illinois Central Railroad
    |line1=main|left1=Aetna|right1=Dorans
    |line2=Peoria-Evansville|left2=Coles|right2=Newby
    }}
| nrhp               = {{Infobox NRHP
  | embed = yes
  | name = Illinois Central Railroad Depot
  | mapframe = yes
  | mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |marker=rail |marker-color=#{{rcr|Amtrak}} |zoom=14 }}
  | built = 1918
  | architect = 
  | architecture = 
  | added = March 1, 2002
  | refnum = 02000098
  }}
}}
'''Mattoon station''' is an [[Amtrak]] intercity train station in [[Mattoon, Illinois]], United States. The station is a [[flag stop]] on the ''[[City of New Orleans (train)|City of New Orleans]]'' route, served only when passengers have tickets to and from the station. It is a regular stop for the {{lnl|Amtrak|Illini/Saluki}}.

== History ==
The Mattoon station is housed in the former Illinois Central Railroad Depot. The depot was completed in 1918 and placed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2001.<ref>National Register of Historic Places listings for Coles County, Illinois. [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/IL/Coles/state.html www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com]</ref> At its height, the building housed a power plant, mail room, luggage room, and restaurant, in addition to the main hall where passengers waited to board trains. As many as ten trains a day departed the depot in the 1950s.<ref>Project Depot: History. [http://www.projectdepot.org/History.htm www.projectdepot.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050911093002/http://www.projectdepot.org/History.htm |date=2005-09-11 }}</ref>

During 2010, a $3 million restoration project, paid for from a mix of private, state, and federal funding, was undertaken, replacing paint, flooring, and other interior fixtures.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-traindepot-mattoo,0,972957.story|title=Renovations complete on eastern Ill. train depot|publisher=Chicago Tribune|date=17 October 2010|accessdate=17 October 2010}}</ref>

== The depot today ==
There are no Amtrak employees at the station; the doors unlock and lock automatically before and after the arrival and departure of trains.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}} The station currently serves as a stop for the ''[[Illini (Amtrak)|Illini]]'', ''[[Saluki (Amtrak)|Saluki]]'', and ''[[City of New Orleans (train)|City of New Orleans]]'' passenger trains <ref>[http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/MAT/Station_view Great American Stations]. Accessed March 27, 2013.</ref> The tracks themselves, formerly part of the [[Illinois Central Railroad]], are now owned by the [[Canadian National Railway]] (CN).<ref>[http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/MAT/Station_view Great American Stations]. Accessed March 27, 2013.</ref> Freight trains run by CN pass through frequently.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}}

Transit service to the depot from Mattoon and [[Charleston, Illinois|Charleston]] is provided by [[Dial-A-Ride Rural Public Transportation]], which provides deviated fixed-route and [[Demand responsive transport|demand-response]] service.

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{commonscat-inline|Mattoon station}}
{{Amtrak web|MAT|Mattoon, IL}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081120220148/http://www.projectdepot.org/Photos.htm Pictures of the Mattoon station from projectdepot.org.]
* [http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/mattoon.htm Mattoon Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023105/http://ihpa.greatarc.com/pdfs/218419.pdf National Register nomination]

{{Amtrak Illinois stations}}
{{Registered Historic Places}}

[[Category:Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois]]
[[Category:Amtrak stations in Illinois]]
[[Category:Transportation buildings and structures in Coles County, Illinois]]
[[Category:Former Illinois Central Railroad stations]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Coles County, Illinois]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1855]]


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