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Amtrak - Dwight, IL (DWT)



DWIGHT
ILLINOIS
(DWT)

 

Station Information:

Address

119 West Main Street
Dwight, IL 60420

Location

41.09 N, 88.43 W

Elevation

195 m / 640 ft

Population

4,260 (Census 2010)

Staff

Unstaffed

Building

Stone, Built in 1892

Ridership

10,184 (FY2012)

 

Amtrak Train Information:

Train Name Route

LINCOLN SERVICE

[ St. Louis, MO - Springfield, IL - Chicago, IL ]


Station Improvement:
Amtrak service to Dwight began on October 27, 1986.  Thirty years to the day, on October 27, 2016, the opening ceremony of Dwight’s new passenger rail station was held.  The new facility is located about one block southwest of the historic 1892 C&A depot.  The local historical society and chamber of commerce currently use the old depot.

(Source - "Great American Station" New Dwight, Ill., Station Opens)



Visited on May 7, 2002

Photo 1 Photo 2

Texas Eagle doesn't stop Dwight.

Platform Side

Photo 3 Photo 4

Looking Northeast (Chicago)

Looking Southwest (St. Louis)



Amtrak Train at Dwight Station (April 1981)

Dwight Station (December 1984)




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