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Midwest trains get internet

Amtrak trains operating out of Chicago to points across Illinois and the Midwest will soon offer free Internet access.

The passenger train company says Wi-Fi will be installed on the Chicago-to-Carbondale and Chicago-to-Quincy lines. It'll also be expanded to all four roundtrips on Chicago-to-St. Louis trains; those trains also stop in Springfield.

Among other trains that will have online access are Chicago-Detroit trains and trains from Chicago to Milwaukee.

Amtrak says the plan is to have the online service installed by early February.

About 75 percent of Amtrak passengers nationwide already have the Wi-Fi service, called AmtrakConnect. The addition of Chicago-hub trains will increase that coverage to around 85 percent of its customers.

Can anyone tell me the Midwest short distance train missing from the list???

850-851

AmHog Wrote:
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> Can anyone tell me the Midwest short distance
> train missing from the list???


What about 364-365 and 370-371?

For those of us who do not have the Midwestern train numbers memorized:

850/851 - The Hoosier State between Chicago and Indianapolis

364/365 and 370/371 - The Pere Marquette between Chicago and Grand Rapids, MI.

It will be interesting to see if Amtrak buys bulk internet access with a dedicated receiver, or simply puts a receiver on the roof of a car and grabs the same service everybody else uses. That's been an ongoing issue on the NEC as service can be very limited.

Hope it works better than the internet access on California trains. I deleted the WiFi from my phone because the 3G cell net access was consistently faster.

Barry Draper



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/24/13 18:51 by barrydraper.

I just saw a more complete article in Progressive Railroading. The Pere Marquette trains to Grand Rapids are included, and also the Missouri River Mule trains to Kansas City. The only train not mentioned was the Hoosier State.

Will the KC-STL services (311, 313, 314, 316) get WiFi, since they terminate at STL?

-Dalton

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> Will the KC-STL services (311, 313, 314, 316) get
> WiFi, since they terminate at STL?
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> -Dalton


Yes, as I noted in my post just prior to yours (the Missouri River Mules).