Carbondale station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Carbondale, Illinois, United States. The southern terminus of Amtrak's routes, it is also served by the . Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach service between Carbondale and St. Louis, Missouri connects with the City of New Orleans. Carbondale is the southernmost Amtrak station in Illinois. History First station building Illinois Central Railroad (IC) service to Carbondale began on July 4, 1854, with a wooden passenger depot. Second station building A new station building was built in 1903 as part of a series of improvements by the railroad in Carbondale, which included a roundhouse, office buildings, and a bandstand and park. Railway architect Francis T. Bacon designed the brick and limestone station. The city of Carbondale purchased the former station from the IC in 1989; the exterior was restored in 1992, followed by the interior in 1996. The depot was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 9, 2002 as the Illinois Central Railroad Passenger Depot. The building now houses the offices of Carbondale Main Street and Carbondale Chamber of Commerce. Current Amtrak station building Amtrak took over intercity passenger service from most private railroads, including the IC, on May 1, 1971. Initial Amtrak service to Carbondale was by the Chicago-New Orleans (renamed that November) and Chicago-Carbondale , each with one daily round trip. The City of New Orleans name returned in 1981. That year, Amtrak constructed a new station some to the south. The current station shares characteristics with the standard designs of the Amtrak Standard Stations Program. The Shawnee was merged with the Chicago-Champaign Illini on January 12, 1986; the Illini name was preserved with its terminus extended to Carbondale. A second daily Illini round trip, the Saluki, was added on October 30, 2006. The Saluki was named for the mascot of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. Planned new station building In November 2019, the city was awarded a $14 million federal grant to construct the Southern Illinois Multi-Modal Station, which will replace the 1981-built station with a large train and bus depot on the same site. As of March 2022, it was claimed that 60% of the construction documents for the project had been completed, as had most approvals needed to construct a new facility (including approval by the Illinois Department of Transportation). On March 22m 2022, it was also decided by the Carbondale City Council to name the