page_title: Pontiac station (Illinois)
hierarchical_section_title: Pontiac station (Illinois)
caption_attribution_description: English: Pontiac Station (IL) in 2017.
context_page_description: Pontiac is an Amtrak train station in Pontiac, Livingston County, Illinois, United States. Pontiac station is served by the Illinois-focused Lincoln Service between Chicago Union Station and the Gateway Transportation Center in St. Louis, Missouri and the long-distance Texas Eagle between Chicago and Los Angeles Union Station. Until April 2007, Pontiac was also served by the Ann Rutledge, a train from Chicago to Kansas City Union Station. Pontiac station boasts a single, low-level side platform for trains, along with a station depot was passengers. The station also has a wheelchair lift and handicap-accessibility per the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
  Pontiac originated as a stop on the Chicago and Alton Railroad. A station depot, built in 1901, formerly served as the Amtrak station until a new one was constructed to the south. A new station opened on June 5, 2017 at a cost of $2.65 million.
  An older depot, located one block north of the new station, was retired from service and became a pizza restaurant.
context_section_description: Pontiac is an Amtrak train station in Pontiac, Livingston County, Illinois, United States. Pontiac station is served by the Illinois-focused Lincoln Service between Chicago Union Station and the Gateway Transportation Center in St. Louis, Missouri and the long-distance Texas Eagle between Chicago and Los Angeles Union Station. Until April 2007, Pontiac was also served by the Ann Rutledge, a train from Chicago to Kansas City Union Station. Pontiac station boasts a single, low-level side platform for trains, along with a station depot was passengers. The station also has a wheelchair lift and handicap-accessibility per the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. 
  Pontiac originated as a stop on the Chicago and Alton Railroad. A station depot, built in 1901, formerly served as the Amtrak station until a new one was constructed to the south. A new station opened on June 5, 2017 at a cost of $2.65 million.  
  An older depot, located one block north of the new station, was retired from service and became a pizza restaurant.
caption: The new Pontiac station in June 2017
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