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Parkesburg is an Amtrak stationl located at Maple and Culvert streets in the Borough of Parkesburg, PA History This station was first opened long ago, possibly in the 1830s/1840s, as an infill station that was originally used as a repair point. This station was eventually demolished and replaced by a newer station in 1897. This newer structure was then abandoned and replaced by another structure, which is the current station.  Built in 1914 was the nearby Parkesburg tower, a signalling tower that caused Parkesburg to gain even more significant importance for the Pennsylvania Railroad, especially as a junction for trains going west to Lancaster or Columbia. This was removed in 1972, along with the line to Columbia. This line is now the Enola Low Grade Trail. In 1984, the station was featured in the movie Witness .  From 1990 to 1996, this was the terminus for SEPTA trains along the Paoli-Thorndale Line, which would run from Philadelphia. This was then pulled back to...

Glenview is a station along the Chicago and Milwaukee Subdivision, located in Glenview, IL. The station is served by Amtrak and Metra trains. Glenview is a zone 3 station.  History The tracks through Glenview were laid down in 1871, to help rebuild Chicago. A station was added for the small village of Glenview not long after. This station was kept until the 1950s, when it was replaced. The current station replaced that station in 1995.  Service used to run on this from the Milwaukee Road, on its local commuter service between Milwaukee and Chicago. Service also once was ran by Amtrak on its Lake Country Limited, a train that was ran from Chicago Union station to Janesville. The Lake Country Limited only ran from April 15th, 2000 to September 23rd, 2001.  Services Multiple trains run here:  Amtrak: Borealis: This train runs from Chicago Union station to St. Paul-Minneapolis station. This runs one round trip a day, though a second round trip is ...

Windsor Locks is a station along the New Haven-Springfield line, a line that has services ran on it by Amtrak and ctTransit.  History The first Windso r Locks station was opened in 1839 as part of the Hartford and New Haven Railroad.  The station was rebuilt in 1875, and the old station building still remains. In the 1970s, the entire Springfield line was bought out by Amtrak. The station was rebuilt by Amtrak in 1981 in its current site.    A new station is being built close to the original station, and it's expected to solve most of the problems this station has.      Services    These services run to Windsor Locks: Hartford Line:  This is a commuter rail service ran by ctRail and Amtrak between New Haven, Hartford, and Springfield, MA. 7 round trips a day run on this service, with some being Amtrak trains and some being ctRail trains Northeast Regional (Springfield Branch):  About two or so round trips a day of the no...