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Amtrak's Illinois Service
City of New Orleans and Illini
Chicago - Champaign-Urbana - Carbondale
Schedule Effective April 24, 2006.Reservations required. See your travel agent, call 1-800-USA-RAIL, or visit tickets.amtrak.com for reservations and fare information.
Connecting
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Services on
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City of City of
New New
Illini Orleans Train Name Orleans Illini
391 59 Train Number 58 392
Daily Daily Days of Operation Daily Daily
Read down Read up
miles
4:05p 8:00p 0 Dp Chicago, IL (Union Sta.) CT Ar 9:00a 9:35p
M 4:46p M 8:54p 25 Homewood, IL M 7:44a D 8:17p
5:12p F 9:23p 57 Kankakee, IL F 7:13a 7:50p
5:34p ---- 82 Gilman, IL ---- 7:28p
6:00p ---- 115 Rantoul, IL ---- 7:02p
6:15p 10:34p 129 Champaign-Urbana, IL 6:10a 6:49p
6:55p F11:13p 174 Mattoon, IL (Charleston) F 5:23a 6:06p
7:19p F11:37p 201 Effingham, IL F 4:57a 5:42p
8:06p F12:25a 254 Centralia, IL F 4:10a 4:58p
8:39p ---- 289 DuQuoin, IL ---- 4:26p
9:35p 1:21a 310 Ar Carbondale, IL Dp 3:16a 4:05p
To New From New
Orleans Orleans
D -- Stops to discharge passengers only.
F -- Stops only on signal, or advance notice to conductor.
M -- Passengers not carried locally between Homewood and Chicago except
when connecting at Chicago with other Amtrak trains. Connections at
Homewood with Metra Electric commuter rail to Chicago (Randolph Street Sta.).Schedules
and information for Metra available
online.
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Amtrak Thruway Connecting Services:
- Chicago - Green Bay
- Chicago - Indianapolis - Louisville
- Chicago - Madison
- Davenport, IA - Galesburg, IL - Bloomington - Champaign - Indianapolis, IN
Services on the Illini (Trains 391 and 392)
- Coaches: -- Reservations required.
- Midwest Business Class:
- Reservations required.
- Deluxe coach seating
- Complimentary newspaper and non-alcoholic beverages.
- Cafe Service -- Sandwiches, snacks, and beverages,
- Bicycles:
- A limited number of spaces are available to transport unboxed bicycles.
- Reservations required; service charge applies.
- Passenger assists in loading, securing, and unloading bicycle.
- Baggage -- No checked baggage handling on this train.
- Smoking -- Smoking is prohibited on this train.
Superliner service on the City of New Orleans (Trains 58 and 59)
- Coaches -- Reservations required.
- Sleeping cars:
- First Class Superliner Service
- Reservations required.
- Amtrak's Metropolitan Lounge available in Chicago, and private waiting area available in New Orleans for First Class Service passengers.
- Dining Car -- Complete meals
- Sightseer Lounge -- Sandwiches, snacks, and beverages
- Entertainment -- Feature movies, games, and hospitality hour
- Trails and Rails Program -- In a cooperative effort with the National Park Service, an interpretive guide provides a narrative along the route (weekends only through May).
- Baggage -- Checked baggage is handled at Chicago, Champaign-Urbana, and Carbondale.
- Smoking -- Smoking is prohibited entirely on this train. Passengers may smoke on station platforms as announced by train crews, and must remain next to the train, ready to board immediately upon hearing the locomotive horn and verbal "All Aboard" calls.
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Credits:
- Updated April 20, 2006 by Michael Fugger
- These schedules authorized by Amtrak, and provided by volunteers from the railroad newsgroup.
- Click here for complete credits and more information.
Notice:
- Subject to change without notice.
- Neither Amtrak nor the authors accept responsibility for errors or omissions.
- Please confirm departure and arrival times when making reservations.
- Illini service is financed primarily through funds made available by the
Illinois Department of Transportation. State supported trains are operated at
the discretion of each state and their operation is dependent upon continued
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