Dwight station

Dwight
File:Dwight Il Dwight Chicago and Alton Railroad Depot3.JPG The historic Chicago and Alton Railroad Depot
Location	119 West Main Street Dwight, Illinois United States
Coordinates
Owned by	Village of Dwight
Line(s)	Union Pacific Railroad
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Parking	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak code: DWT
History
Opened	1891
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	10,995  2.2%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Pontiac, IL toward St. Louis Lincoln Service Joliet toward Chicago
Dwight Chicago and Alton Railroad Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Dwight, Illinois
Area	less than one acre
Built	1891
Architect	Henry Ives Cobb
Architectural style	Richardson Romanesque
NRHP Reference #	82000398
Added to NRHP	December 27, 1982
Location

Dwight is a railroad depot in Dwight, Illinois, United States, served by Amtrak, the national passenger railroad system. The depot serves Amtrak passenger traffic between Chicago and St. Louis, via the Lincoln Service train. This was also a stop for the Ann Rutledge until April 2007. Travel time to downtown Chicago is approximately 1.5 hours. The depot is located at 119 W. Main Street.

History

Built by the Chicago and Alton Railroad in 1891, the structure, designed by Henry Ives Cobb in the Richardson Romanesque style of rusticated masonry, has been on the National Register of Historic Places since December 27, 1982. The foundation is of Joliet stone and the walls above are of Bedford blue stone from Indiana composed almost entirely of fossil shells.

In 1999, the village of Dwight offered the use of the depot to the Dwight Historical Society. The society moved its museum into the north end of the building; the south end holds both a meeting room for the society and the present office of the Dwight Chamber of Commerce.

In August 2015, construction began on a new 800-square-foot (74 m²) station building dedicated to Amtrak passengers. The new building was estimated to cost $3.77 million, partially funded by federal money as part of higher speed rail upgrades on the Lincoln Service route. The new high-speed rail station will be built at South Columbia Street a block southwest of the historic depot. The new facility shelter and restrooms will be open 24-hours per day. The town’s historic station building will remain open as a museum.

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Amtrak – Stations – Dwight, IL
• Livingston County Listings at the National Register of Historic Places
• Dwight Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
• Dwight Railroad Depot -- Dwight Area Chamber of Commerce
• Dwight (DWT)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)