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As of May 2023, Amtrak Midwest consists of eleven named trains operating in ten service patterns. The Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg share identical routes, as do the Illini and Saluki . The Lincoln Service and Missouri River Runner operate separately except for one daily round trip (trains 318 and 319) in which they are combined. [ 2 ]
One daily Lincoln Service round trip (train 318/319) is coupled with the Missouri River Runner at St. Louis, providing a one-seat ride between Chicago and Kansas City. Additionally, one southbound Lincoln Service (train 301) runs express to St. Louis with stops only at Joliet, Bloomington-Normal, Springfield, and Alton. [3]
The travel time was 35 hours from Chicago, three hours faster than existing services. [1] The train operated on a daily schedule. The Illinois Central billed it as a "solid, fast through train." From Jacksonville passengers could make connections to other locations in Florida. [2] It was the first year-round service between the two cities. [3]
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]
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway: PCC&St.L Railroad: 1890–1917 Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad: CTT 1890–1897 Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway: NYC 1893–1930 1889–1893 Chicago and Great Western Railroad: C&NP 1889–1890 Chicago, Santa Fe and California Railway: AT&SF 1888–1890 Wabash ...
Chicago–Quincy: two round trips daily, the Illinois Zephyr and the Carl Sandburg [1] Chicago–St. Louis Lincoln Service: four round trips daily and the only route that serves another state [2] Chicago–Carbondale: two round trips daily, the Illini and the Saluki, and the only route whose trains have checked baggage service [1]
In the fall of 2014, it was announced that Pullman Rail Journeys, owned by Iowa Pacific Holdings, would operate a limited number of trains in October 2014 between Chicago and Madison. This included two round-trip runs between the two cities on October 4 and 11, and a run leaving Madison on October 3, and returning on October 5. [3]
While the UP the dropped any Overland designation from its service in 1956, the SP held out for another six years retaining the name San Francisco Overland for trains 27 and 28 between San Francisco and Ogden until that last vestige of the line's original 1899 Overland Limited as a separate named train providing year-round daily service [29 ...