Illinois Governor and Amtrak announce schedule of new Chicago-Quincy train

Amtrak and Illinois Governor Blagojevich announced the second new state-sponsored train in Illinois for this fall schedule change - the train will be called the “Carl Sandburg” and will provide a 8am departure from Chicago for Quincy and return from Quincy at 5:30pm, arriving in Chicago at 9:48pm.

Starting October 30, daily state-sponsored train service between Chicago and Quincy is being doubled to two round-trips. Under this schedule, there will be new morning and evening departures from Chicago and Quincy. Combined with the other trains on the Quincy route that are part of the national Amtrak network, there will be four daily round-trips on the Chicago-Galesburg segment, two of them state-supported.

[ Governor Blagojevich Announces Amtrak Carl Sandburg to Start Running October 30th ]

Posted in: Uncategorized | October 9, 2006 10:01 pm