Dubuque Intermodal Transportation Center
The Dubuque Intermodal Transportation Center (DITC) is a bus station located in Dubuque, Iowa. It serves as the new transfer center for Dubuque's bus system, between Jule buses and intercity buses serving Dubuque, and as a transfer point between other modes of land transportation.
Dubuque Intermodal Transportation Center | |
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The Dubuque Intermodal Transportation Center in 2021 | |
General information | |
Location | 950 Elm Street Dubuque, Iowa |
Coordinates | 42°30′20″N 90°39′44″W |
Owned by | City of Dubuque |
Line(s) | Canadian National Railway |
Construction | |
Parking | Yes |
Bicycle facilities | Yes |
Accessible | Yes |
History | |
Opened | August 17, 2015 |
The center was intended to be the western terminal of the Black Hawk, a Chicago–Rockford–Dubuque Amtrak intercity rail route. The city of Dubuque received an $8 million FTA state of good repair grant in addition to grants from several area institutions to go towards phase 1 of the center's construction. Phase 2 was planned to be funded by a TIGER V grant. That grant application failed, but alternative funding came from several other sources. On April 10, 2014, a new proposal for Amtrak service to terminate in Rockford was announced following the inability of the state of Illinois to reach a deal with the Canadian National Railway for use of their tracks. Due to the new proposal, the train station component of the center was placed on hold until a deal could be reached with the CN. The city of Dubuque broke ground on the rest of the DITC project in May 2014. The center, except for the train station portion, opened on August 17, 2015.