Quad Cities Multimodal Station is a station building in

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, intended to serve as the terminus of the proposed ''

Quad Cities The Quad Cities is a region of five cities (originally Tri-Cities, later four, see #History, History) in the U.S. states of Iowa and Illinois: Davenport, Iowa, Davenport and Bettendorf, Iowa, Bettendorf (the fifth to be included) in southeaster ...

'' Amtrak route. Renovations and expansion of a historic former warehouse were completed in 2018 to serve this purpose, but as of 2025, the new rail line has not been established and no train service currently operates at the station.

History

Until 1979, the Rock Island Railroad's ''

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'' served the Quad Cities. However, due to poor on-time performance and deteriorating track conditions, ridership declined substantially. The state of

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subsequently pulled the subsidy keeping the train running, leaving the Quad Cities without passenger rail service. In 2008, efforts to restore passenger rail service to the Quad Cities were set in motion. In 2010, the City of Moline got a federal TIGER grant for construction of the station. However, in early 2015, Governor

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put all major spending projects under review, including the Chicago-Quad Cities Amtrak line. Despite this, construction on the station started in 2015. By June 2016, under threat of losing the federal funding for the Quad Cities line, the state released the matching funds needed to move the project forward. On February 24, 2017, it was announced that the station would be complete in August, with passenger rail service expected to commence soon thereafter. , no service had yet been scheduled. In July 2019, a transportation bill passed by the Illinois state legislature and signed by Governor J.B. Pritzker appropriated $225M to the project. In its 2020–2025 service plan, Amtrak forecasted that the Chicago–Moline route would begin in fiscal year 2024 and attract 165,600 riders that year. However, as of 2025, the Quad Cities line is still inactive due to disputes between the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Iowa Interstate Railroad.

References

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