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The Illinois Service is funded primarily by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and falls under the broader Amtrak Midwest brand. Chicago is a terminus for all three Illinois Service routes, which all have multiple daily round trips: Chicago–Quincy: two round trips daily, the Illinois Zephyr and the Carl Sandburg [1]
Route Numbers Daily round trips FY2024 passengers [1] Route miles Acela: NEC Boston – New York – Washington 2100–2290 16 (weekday), 4 (Sat), 9 (Sun) 3,238,130 456 Adirondack: State-supported Montreal – New York 68, 69: 1 71,012 [a] 381 Amtrak Cascades: State-supported Vancouver – Seattle – Portland – Eugene: 500–519 4 941,727 ...
Amtrak's long-distance routes form the backbone of the US national rail network, providing an alternative to intercity drives or flights. They are also noted for their scenery, and are popular as vacations and experiential travel. [4] A few routes provide direct service to National Parks, [note 1] with Amtrak Thruway buses reaching many more. [5]
The Illinois Zephyr is the longest continuously operated state-sponsored train, having started in November 1971. [3]: 241 The Carl Sandburg was added as the route's second daily round trip in 2006. During fiscal year 2023, the Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg carried a combined 114,521 passengers, a 14.7% decrease over fiscal year 2022. [4]
It took a few trips for me to realize that there's a dressing room the width of the train car at the end of the hall of restrooms. The ones I've seen have a bathroom, a sink, a sitting room, and a ...
Amtrak Midwest is a brand name applied by Amtrak to its state-supported routes in the Midwest states of Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Missouri. [1] As of May 2024, Amtrak Midwest consists of eleven named trains: Borealis; Hiawatha; Illinois Service: Lincoln Service, Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg, and Illini and Saluki
Though many 24-hour Amtrak trips call for "night hours" starting around 10 p.m., passengers can be noisy at any time. I recommend bringing heavy-duty, over-the-ear headphones to block out rowdy ...
This is a route-map template for the Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg, an Amtrak train service in the United States.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.