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Re: (rshsdepot) Galesburg, IL
when did they demolish the true old depot?
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>Subject: (rshsdepot) Galesburg, IL
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>From the Galesburg Register-Mail.
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>Bernie Wagenblast
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>Transportation Communications Newsletter
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>Amtrak to discuss depot upgrades
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>Review shows local facility too small
>Tuesday, July 10, 2007
>By JOHN R. PULLIAM
>The Register-Mail
>GALESBURG - Citing the need for a greater exchange to provide additional
>passenger rail station improvement resources, Amtrak has invited communities
>along the 2,438-mile route of the Amtrak California Zephyr to a ``civic
>conversation`` in Denver on July 24 as part of its ``Great American Stations``
>Initiative.
>The California Zephyr stops in Galesburg twice daily. Galesburg is one of
>only four stops in Illinois, the others being Chicago, Naperville and Princeton.
>
>Amtrak President and CEO Alex Kummant sent ``Great American Stations Civic
>Conversation`` invitations to mayors and other civic leaders and state
>officials in California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois.
>Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said Monday, ``In your neighborhood, we
>invited Princeton, Galesburg, Mount Pleasant (Iowa) and Burlington (Iowa). ... We
>invited (Galesburg) Mayor (Gary) Smith and, according to this list, they
>called us back and declined on the 26th`` of June.
>Smith said not only will he be on vacation that week, he does not feel it`s
>worth spending the taxpayers` money to make the trip to Denver.
>Cities along the route will see the results of a recently concluded review of
> each of the 35 stations, with specific suggestions for upgrades at each
>facility. Magliari said reviews will not be released until the conference.
>However, he said of the depot in Galesburg, ``I think we would all acknowledge the
>station is too small. It was too small before the addition of the new route
>to handle the volume.
>``The inability to check baggage there is unfortunate, too,`` he said.
>``I`ve always thought our station was a little small,`` Smith agreed, ``plus
>we don`t have adequate parking.``
>In addition to the California Zephyr, six other Amtrak trains stop in
>Galesburg daily. Ticket revenue here was just more than $4.3 million in fiscal year
>2006, with total ridership of 76,464. FY 2006 was from October
>2005-September 2006. Ridership in Galesburg soared to 85,722 in the first seven months of
>FY 2007, with the addition of state-supported Carl Sandburg service in
>October.
>However, Smith said the city has to be realistic because of finances.
>``To be honest with you, I think the only way we could realistically build a
>bigger depot is with federal and state money,`` the mayor said.
>The Galesburg depot, 225 S. Seminary St., was built for less than $300,000 in
> 1984. Funding was provided by the city, Amtrak and the Illinois Department
>of Transportation. The land was donated by the then-Burlington Northern
>Railroad. The pew-type seating came from the much larger, brick depot demolished
>before the construction of the current depot. The city maintains the station`s
>exterior, while Amtrak takes care of the interior.
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