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When you ride on Amtrak in Illinois and most other states, the tracks don’t belong to Amtrak. That’s how the government-supported passenger rail line is…
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Amtrak will begin looking into expanded service on its route from Chicago to Carbondale, at the behest of Governor Pat Quinn and U.S. Senator Dick…
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Authorities say a worker at a farm chemical company died after his fertilizer truck was struck by an Amtrak train in the east-central Illinois community…
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Amtrak trains operating out of Chicago to points across Illinois and the Midwest will soon offer free Internet access.The passenger train company says…
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Officials say nearly 5.2 million people boarded and disembarked from Amtrak trains in Illinois in the year that ended on Sept. 30, contributing to record…
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Illinois has agreed to pay more for in-state Amtrak trains. The deal prevents a shutdown of rail service that could have happened as early as next week.…
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Leaders from all over southern Illinois will be talking transportation at a special summit in Mt. Vernon Wednesday.The meeting aims to help city, county,…
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An unscheduled stop lasted about four hours for a Carbondale-to-Chicago Amtrak run Sunday evening.Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari says the Illini…