Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Hiawatha (also called the Hiawatha Service), is an 86-mile (138 km) train route operated by Amtrak between Chicago, Illinois, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Twelve to fourteen trains (six round-trips, five on Sunday) run daily between Chicago and Milwaukee, [2] making intermediate stops in Glenview, Illinois; Sturtevant, Wisconsin; and Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport.
[6]: 30–31, 73 In 2024, Amtrak reinstated Chicago–Milwaukee–St. Paul service with the Borealis. The second was a Chicago–Milwaukee corridor known as the Hiawatha Service (as opposed to Hiawatha). Although Amtrak had retained Chicago–Milwaukee service during the transition, it did not name these trains until October 29, 1972.
The station is the first stop enroute to Chicago, 8 miles (13 km) from Milwaukee with a travel time of about 10 minutes. [3] It is also the third stop en route to downtown Milwaukee, with a travel time along the 78-mile (126 km) section taking one hour and 14 minutes. [3] In Amtrak's Fiscal Year 2023, the station handled 110,938 passengers. [1]
The train stops at Milwaukee at about 12:18 p.m. from the airport and 12:34 from the downtown intermodal station, 433 W. St. Paul Ave. “This route includes eight stations in Wisconsin, and ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Prior to Amtrak, private railroads ran passenger service between the Twin Cities and Chicago on several corridors.The Chicago and North Western Railway (C&NW) operated Twin Cities–Chicago trains via Madison until the late 1950s, and via Milwaukee until the Twin Cities 400 was discontinued on July 23, 1963.
The Hiawatha is one of Amtrak's busiest routes. A conductor watches as the Amtrak Hiawatha line leaves the Milwaukee Intermodal train station. "In many ways, the future of rail in Wisconsin hinges ...