Amtrak Lincoln Service

Chicago - St. Louis

Illinois Service - Amtrak information and ticket information web page.

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Lincoln Service is an Amtrak Midwest (state sponsored regional Amtrak) train between Chicago and St. Louis with 4 round trips daily. Long distance Texas Eagle train also operates on the same corridor with one round-trip daily.

Coach and business class are available on this route. Reservation (seats are not to be overbooked) is required for this train.

This corridor is part of the Illinois High Speed Rail program where, when various track, signal, station, and grade crossing improvements are completed, will allow trains to operate at 90 to 110 mph.

Route and stations

- Staffed station

Stations					Connections
				Connection to many Amtrak routes
Chicago
Summit
Joliet					Metra
Dwight
Pontiac
Bloomington-Normal
Lincoln
Springfield
Carlinville
Alton
St. Louis					MetroLink
					Texas Eagle

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