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The train was an extension of an existing Chicago–Milwaukee Hiawatha round trip, renumbered from 333/340 to 1333/1340. Train 1333 departs Chicago at 11:05 am and arrives in St. Paul at 6:29 pm, while Train 1340 departs St. Paul at 11:50 am and arrives in Chicago at 7:14 pm. [28] Ridership was projected to be 124,000 passengers per year. [14]
In the fiscal year 2017, Cascades was Amtrak's eighth-busiest route with a total annual ridership of over 810,000. [4] In fiscal year 2018, farebox recovery ratio for the train was 63%. [5] On-time performance in FY2021 was 58.7%. [6]
The Amtrak Cascades passenger train was about 70% full when it restarted service from Seattle to Vancouver, B.C., Monday, Sept. 26. The only daily return train leaves Vancouver B.C. at 5:45 p.m ...
This listing includes current and discontinued routes operated by Amtrak since May 1, 1971. Some intercity trains were also operated after 1971 by the Alaska Railroad, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, Georgia Railroad, Reading Company, and Southern Railway.
The morning westbound/evening eastbound schedule complements the opposite morning eastbound/evening westbound schedule of the Illinois Zephyr. Starting November 16, 2022, Amtrak began substituting the morning runs of the Illinois Zephyr (train 380) and Carl Sandburg (train 381) with Amtrak Thruway buses due to staffing shortages at Amtrak's ...
Amtrak continues to see post-pandemic growth in the Northwest, with ridership rising 41% last year on its route between Portland and Vancouver, British Columbia. The Amtrak Cascades route carried ...
Just nine days later, on May 10, 1971, Amtrak debuted the Chicago–New York Lake Shore on the former route of the New York Central's Lake Shore Limited. The 960-mile (1,540 km) daily service was scheduled for 17 hours 30 minutes and carried train numbers 60 and 61. [ 5 ]
Horizon cars on the Amtrak Cascades No. 503 on June 18th, 2023 As of May 2024 [update] , the Horizon coach cars primarily are used on trains based out of Amtrak's Chicago division including the Illinois Service ( Carl Sandburg , Illini , Illinois Zephyr , Lincoln Service & Saluki ), Michigan Services ( Blue Water & Wolverine ), Borealis ...