Mendota station

Mendota
The station building
Location	8th Street and 6th Avenue Mendota, IL 61342
Coordinates	41°32′59″N 89°07′02″W / 41.5498°N 89.1171°W / 41.5498; -89.1171Coordinates: 41°32′59″N 89°07′02″W / 41.5498°N 89.1171°W / 41.5498; -89.1171
Owned by	Mendota Museum and Historical Society
Line(s)	Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg   Southwest Chief
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	MDT
History
Opened	February 23, 1888
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	24,019  5.5%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Princeton toward Quincy Illinois Zephyr Plano toward Chicago Princeton toward Los Angeles Southwest Chief Naperville toward Chicago   Future Services   Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Princeton toward Moline Quad Cities Plano toward Chicago   Former services   Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Arlington toward Denver Main Line Meriden toward Chicago Union Station
Location
Location within Illinois

Mendota is an Amtrak intercity train station at 783 Main Street, Mendota, Illinois, United States.

The station was originally built on February 23, 1888, by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, as a replacement for the former Union Depot that was built in 1853 and burned down in 1885. It originally contained a hotel, restaurants and waiting rooms for passengers, and rooms for railroad employees. In 1942, much of the station was torn down, with little more than the waiting room and ticket office remaining intact.

Today the building is owned and preserved by the Mendota Museum and Historical Society as the Union Depot Railroad Museum. The station is a regular stop for the Illinois Zephyr and the Southwest Chief. The California Zephyr also uses these tracks, but does not stop in Mendota.