Effingham station

39°07′01″N 88°32′50″W / 39.1170°N 88.5472°W / 39.1170; -88.5472Line(s)CN Champaign SubdivisionPlatforms1 side platformTracks1Other informationStatusRegular stop (Illini/Saluki)
Flag stop (City of New Orleans)Station codeAmtrak: EFGPassengersFY 202212,798^[1] (Amtrak) Services

Preceding station	Amtrak			Following station
Centralia toward New Orleans		City of New Orleans		Mattoon toward Chicago
Centralia toward Carbondale		Illini and Saluki

Former services

Preceding station Amtrak Following station St. Louis–Union Station toward Kansas City National Limited Terre Haute toward New York or Washington, D.C. Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station Watson toward New Orleans Main Line Sigel toward Chicago Terminus Effingham – Indianapolis Dieterich toward Indianapolis Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Funkhouser toward St. Louis St. Louis – Pittsburgh Teutopolis toward Pittsburgh

Location

Effingham station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Effingham, Illinois, United States. The station contains three houses, at the CSXT St. Louis Line Subdivision (ex-Pennsylvania Railroad) crossing that once served Amtrak's former National Limited line between Kansas City and either Washington D.C. or New York City until 1979. The station is a flag stop on the City of New Orleans route, served only when passengers have tickets to and from the station; the Illini and Saluki also stops here.

References

External links

Media related to Effingham station at Wikimedia Commons

• Effingham, IL – Amtrak
• Effingham, IL – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Effingham Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)