Station Information:

Address

3400 College Avenue
Alton, IL 62002

Location

38.90 N, 90.14 W

Elevation

149 m / 489 ft

Population

27,685 (Census 2010)

Staff

Staffed

Open Hours

6:00am - 4:00pm  Daily

Building

Brick, Year built unknown

Ridership

63,027 (FY2012)

Amtrak Train Information:

LINCOLN SERVICE

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

TEXAS EAGLE

[ Chicago, IL - San Antonio, TX - Dallas, TX - Los Angeles, CA ]

Station Improvement:
On Wednesday, September 13, Amtrak service in Alton moved to the new Regional Multimodal Transportation Center located at 1 Golf Road Alton, IL 62002.  The newly-constructed Transportation Center is approximately two miles northwest of the station to be closed on College Avenue.

(Source - "Amtrak Media Center" New Amtrak Station in Alton serves the River Bend Region)

Visited on December 30, 2016

Amtrak Alton Station

Amtrak Alton Station

Station Building

Station Building

Station Building

Station Building (South Side)

Station Building (Platform Side)

Amtrak Station Name Board

Platform (Looking South)

Old Amtrak Logo still exists

Waiting Area

Waiting Area

Looking Northeast (Chicago)

Looking Southwest (St. Louis)

Washington Avenue (Looking North)

College Avenue (Looking West)

Visited on May 7, 2002

Station Building

Platform Side

Amtrak Station Name Board

Waiting Area

Looking Northeast (Chicago)

Looking Southwest (St. Louis)

Amtrak Alton Station - Ticket Counter (June 1980)

Amtrak Train at Alton Station (September 2008)