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Amtrak's Illinois Service

City of New Orleans and Illini

Chicago - Champaign-Urbana - Carbondale

Reservations required. See your travel agent, call 1-800-USA-RAIL, or visit tickets.amtrak.com for reservations and fare information.

Connecting services
Services on these trains.

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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.).

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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 state financial support.