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Springfield station is a brick railroad depot in Springfield, Illinois, the state capital. It is at mile 185 on Amtrak 's Illinois and Missouri Route . As of 2007, it is served by five daily round trips each way: the daily Texas Eagle , and four daily Lincoln Service frequencies.
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] Chicago–St. Louis Lincoln Service: four round trips daily and the only route that serves another state [2]
Effective May 3, 2023, trains are authorized to travel up to 110 mph (177 km/h) on the line, while new schedules are written for the line. [17] The new schedules debuted on June 26, 2023. [18] [19] The slowest portion of the corridor is the segment between Chicago and Joliet, but improving this would require an additional $1.5 billion ...
The improved departure time would add $2 million in yearly revenue. Amtrak considered more radical changes to the operations of the Lake Shore Limited, including a re-route over the Chicago–Detroit Line to Dearborn, but rejected them. [18] This would be the first full New York City to Chicago train via Michigan since the New York Central's ...
The history of the Chicago and Illinois Midland Railway traces to 1888 when the villagers of Pawnee built a rail line from their town to the Illinois Central Railroad mainline 15 miles south of Springfield, at a junction point that would come to be known as "Cimic", an acronym for Chicago & Illinois Midland-Illinois Central, and is still listed as such on maps today.
Amtrak Hartford Line † New Haven – Springfield October 28, 1995 present Renamed from sections of connecting trains. Usually branded under NortheastDirect until September 30, 2001, timetable. Bankers: Springfield – Washington, D.C. October 26, 1975 October 28, 1995 Replaced by NortheastDirect: Bay State: New York City – Boston: May 17, 1971
The Chicago-St. Louis line was acquired at bankruptcy sale by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company and, as a result of the UP buyout, is now part of Union Pacific. The Kansas City-St. Louis (along with Roodhouse-Springfield) line was purchased by Gateway Western Railway, eventually coming under Kansas City Southern control.
The Chicago and Springfield charter served no further purpose, and was wound up in 1902. Illinois Route 54 almost exactly parallels the route of the former Gilman, Clinton and Springfield; in some places, the state highway is only feet away from the rail right-of-way, now a part of the Canadian National. [4] Passenger train service ceased in 1971.