Passenger Trains > Amtrak extra Sunday 25NOV service on Quincy route

> CHICAGO – In anticipation of its busiest travel week of the year,
> Amtrak is adding an Illinois round-trip train originating at mid-day
> on Nov. 25, the Sunday after Thanksgiving. Amtrak will offer one
> additional eastbound (Train 384) and one additional westbound (Train
> 385) frequency on the Chicago-Quincy corridor, via Galesburg and
> Macomb.
>
> Ordinarily, Amtrak originates two daily morning and evening
> round-trips, the Illinois Zephyr (Trains 380 & 383) and the Carl
> Sandburg (Trains 381 & 382) that travel the full length of the
> corridor, plus some additional Amtrak service at Galesburg, Princeton
> or Mendota provided by the Southwest Chief (Trains 3 & 4) and
> California Zephyr (Trains 5 & 6).
>
> In order to accommodate the additional round-trip on Nov. 25, Train
> 383 will depart Chicago 20 minutes later than usual and operate on a
> modified schedule to Quincy that day only. Please see below for the
> full schedule of 380-series trains, operated by Amtrak under a
> contract with the Illinois Department of Transportation.
>
> Ridership on the Chicago-Quincy corridor rose four percent in the
> last year, to total more than 265,000 passengers.
>
> This is the second announcement of additional Amtrak service from the
> Chicago Hub for the Thanksgiving holiday. Last month, Amtrak
> announced additional Wolverine Service trains between Chicago and
> Kalamazoo/Ann Arbor, Mich.
>
> Ordinarily, Amtrak originates two daily morning and evening
> round-trips, the Illinois Zephyr (Trains 380 & 383) and the Carl
> Sandburg (Trains 381 & 382) that travel the full length of the
> corridor, plus some additional Amtrak service at Galesburg, Princeton
> or Mendota provided by the Southwest Chief (Trains 3 & 4) and
> California Zephyr (Trains 5 & 6).
>
> In order to accommodate the additional round-trip on Nov. 25, Train
> 383 will depart Chicago 20 minutes later than usual and operate on a
> modified schedule to Quincy that day only. Please see below for the
> full schedule of 380-series trains, operated by Amtrak under a
> contract with the Illinois Department of Transportation.
>
> Ridership on the Chicago-Quincy corridor rose four percent in the
> last year, to total more than 265,000 passengers.
>
> This is the second announcement of additional Amtrak service from the
> Chicago Hub for the Thanksgiving holiday. Last month, Amtrak
> announced additional Wolverine Service trains between Chicago and
> Kalamazoo/Ann Arbor, Mich.
>
> In order to accommodate the additional round-trip on Nov. 25, Train
> 383 will depart Chicago 20 minutes later than usual and operate on a
> modified schedule to Quincy that day only. Please see below for the
> full schedule of 380-series trains, operated by Amtrak under a
> contract with the Illinois Department of Transportation.
>
> Ridership on the Chicago-Quincy corridor rose four percent in the
> last year, to total more than 265,000 passengers.
>
> This is the second announcement of additional Amtrak service from the
> Chicago Hub for the Thanksgiving holiday. Last month, Amtrak
> announced additional Wolverine Service trains between Chicago and
> Kalamazoo/Ann Arbor, Mich.

-Amtrak news release

Positive news. If only Amtrak had the equipment to meet the demand for rail travel!!

cutboy2 Wrote:
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> Positive news. If only Amtrak had the
> equipment to meet the demand for rail travel!!

Maybe they could lease the Nebraska Zephyr set from the Illinois Rwy. Museum. We know it's fully capable of meeting the schedule.

kevink Wrote:
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> cutboy2 Wrote:
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> > Positive news. If only Amtrak had the
> > equipment to meet the demand for rail travel!!
>
> Maybe they could lease the Nebraska Zephyr set
> from the Illinois Rwy. Museum. We know it's fully
> capable of meeting the schedule.



I would ever let Amtrak rent them Nice cars from the Museum, Them cars would be trash up with all them coach people. People in coach are pigs that don't clean up after them self. When I took my Aug trip on Amtrak 49&48 to Chicago i was walk 6 cars to Lounge car in Boston section them bathrooms in coaches was very very dirty in New York Coaches. 95% people are low-class people.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/07/12 22:11 by railcity.

I think last year, rather than that, they added a Denver cut car to the Zephyr and a KC cut car to the chief.
Perhaps an extra Little Zephyr is more efficient.

joemvcnj Wrote:

KC cut car to
> the chief.

The Chief is the 2nd fastest way to get from CHI to KCY, only the plane is faster!

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