Ave.) Illinois Route 130 (18th St./Olive Ave.) Illinois Route 316 (Madison Ave./State St.) Airport Charleston is served by the Coles County Memorial Airport (MTO), which is approximately west of Charleston. Established in 1953, the airport received commercial service until 2000, and now serves as a public general aviation facility. Mass Transit Charleston is serviced by two main transit routes: the Charleston Zip Line run by Dial-A-Ride which services the general city area, and the Panther Shuttle, which mainly services the Eastern Illinois University campus. The Zip Line has been suspended until further notice due to COVID-19. Rail Charleston does not receive direct passenger rail service, however Amtrak's Illini and Saluki and City of New Orleans routes stop in neighboring Mattoon. Freight-wise, Charleston was serviced by the Eastern Illinois Railroad, which was acquired by the Decatur & Eastern Illinois Railroad, which now services businesses in the region. Healthcare Charleston is serviced by the Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, whose main campus is approximately west of Charleston. There is a Walk-In Clinic located within the city itself. Notable people Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls, IFBB pro bodybuilder Ronald W. Davis, director of the Stanford Genome Technology Center, biochemist, geneticist, highly awarded, lately working to cure ME/CFS and other illnesses Frank K. Dunn, Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court Jim Edgar, governor of Illinois from 1990 to 1998, was raised in Charleston and graduated from Eastern Illinois University Jeff Gossett, longtime journeyman punter who played in the NFL for 16 years George Hilton Jones III, historian and author Joshua Scott Jones, Big Machine Records recording artists (country music) and one-half of the duo "Steel Magnolia" Tom Koch, longtime comedy writer for Mad Magazine and Bob and Ray David Lamb, musician and songwriter for Brown Bird; born in Charleston in 1977 James John Liautaud, founder of the Jimmy John's restaurant franchise Lee Lynch, Illinois newspaper editor and politician Rex Morgan, basketball player Marty Pattin, pitcher for the California Angels, Seattle Pilots/Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox and Kansas City Royals Sir Curtis Price, the Principal of the Royal Academy of Music and a professor of music at the University of London; was raised in Charleston Zeke Rosebraugh, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates; born in Charleston Stan Royer, former Major League Baseball player. Graduated from Charleston High School Willis R. Shaw, Illinois state senator; born in Charleston Larry Stuffle, member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1977