Princeton station is an

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intercity train station at 107 Bicentennial Drive in

Princeton, Illinois Princeton is a city in and the county seat of Bureau County, Illinois, Bureau County, Illinois, United States. The population was 7,832 at the 2020 census. Princeton is part of the Ottawa, Illinois, Ottawa Ottawa, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area ...

. The station was built in 1911 by the

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and is listed as "Princeton City" on the Amtrak website and the

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. Amtrak, the Illinois Department of Transportation and the city worked together to renovate the depot in 1998. Over the following six years, a new roof and gutters were installed, brickwork was repaired and the restrooms were upgraded.Great American Stations
Accessed March 28, 2013. The station is adjacent to Darius Miller Park, which was named in honor of

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, president of the

(CB&Q) from 1910 to 1914; officials from the CB&Q donated the land for the park following Miller's death.

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External links

Amtrak Depot – City of Princeton
Amtrak stations in Illinois Former Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1911 Transportation buildings and structures in Bureau County, Illinois 1911 establishments in Illinois {{Illinois-railstation-stub