Amtrak Midwest-branded Lincoln Service train at Springfield Station in 2019
Overview
Locale
Midwestern United States
Transit type
Inter-city rail
Number of lines
9
Website
Amtrak Midwest
Operation
Operator(s)
Amtrak
Technical
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Amtrak Midwest is a brand name applied by Amtrak to its state-supported routes in the Midwest states of Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Missouri.[1] As of 2024[update], Amtrak Midwest consists of ten named trains:
Illinois Service: Lincoln Service, Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg, and Illini and Saluki
Michigan Services: Blue Water, Wolverine, and Pere Marquette
Hiawatha Service
Missouri River Runner
The routes generally form a hub-and-spoke network around Chicago Union Station, with all trains terminating there except for one Missouri River Runner round trip.
An eleventh route, the Borealis between Chicago and St. Paul, is expected to start in 2024 and will add Minnesota to the Amtrak Midwest network. Other routes in development include the Quad Cities and Northern Lights Express.
^"Book Midwest Train Travel". www.amtrak.com. Amtrak. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
AmtrakMidwest is a brand name applied by Amtrak to its state-supported routes in the Midwest states of Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Missouri. As...
2018 and with AmtrakMidwest (services funded by Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, and Wisconsin) in 2022. They have also been ordered by Amtrak for national...
distinction. These include the three Amtrak California routes, eight AmtrakMidwest services, the Cascades, and the Piedmont. Amtrak has repainted equipment in...
the Amtrak Cascades in 2011. In February 2014, Amtrak rolled out Wi-Fi on corridor trains out of Chicago. When all the Midwest cars offer the AmtrakConnect...
Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and falls under the broader AmtrakMidwest brand. Chicago is a terminus for all three Illinois Service routes,...
Amtrak operates the following inter-city and long-distance passenger train routes. Amtrak service is divided into three categories of routes: Northeast...
Union Station as a Lincoln Service train. These services fall under the AmtrakMidwest brand. The Missouri River Runner route was previously served by the...
and stations en route. The group falls under the AmtrakMidwest brand and is a component of the Midwest Regional Rail Initiative. The Michigan Services...
a 26.9% increase over FY2022. It is Amtrak's sixth-busiest route, and the railroad's busiest line in the Midwest. Revenue during FY2011 totaled $14,953...
Louis, and Detroit. In 2004, the Midwest Regional Rail Initiative plan was released, focusing on upgrading existing Amtrak routes. The plan had been in development...
Florida. In February 2017, Amtrak and the Washington State Department of Transportation began testing one of the Midwest-bound locomotives along the...
Illinois. A normal Amtrak Illinois Zephyr or Carl Sandburg consists of: One Siemens SC-44 Charger locomotive Two to Three AmtrakMidwest Siemens Venture...
needed] Amtrak points could be used for travel on Amtrak and United Airlines (ex Continental Airlines).[citation needed] On September 6, 1985, Midwest Express...
trainsets from the Siemens Venture family. Similar trainsets are used on AmtrakMidwest and Brightline in the United States, and Railjet in Austria and the...
Amtrak Thruway is a system of through-ticketed transportation services to connect passengers with areas not served by Amtrak trains. In most cases these...
finances to the breaking point. Service ceased in April 1981. Amtrak planned to introduce a Midwest–Florida auto train service called "AutoTrak" in 1974. Running...
passenger train operated by Amtrak on a 2,265-mile (3,645 km) route between Chicago and Los Angeles through the Midwest and Southwest via Kansas City...
Midwest Rail Rangers was officially chartered on July 20, 2015. The organization is modeled after Trails & Rails, a formal partnership between Amtrak...
located outside the station's headhouse. It is also the Twin Cities' stop for Amtrak, the national intercity railroad service. In addition to rail, Union Depot...
of gas turbine trainsets built for Amtrak in the 1970s. They were among the first new equipment purchased by Amtrak to update its fleet with faster, more...
Keystone Service is a 195 mile (314 km) regional passenger train service from Amtrak between the Harrisburg Transportation Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania...
Michigan, and Missouri for use on their state-supported corridors operated by Amtrak. Canadian operators Via Rail and Ontario Northland have ordered trainsets...
The Empire Builder is a daily long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak between Chicago and either Seattle or Portland via two sections west of...
Wisconsin. Amtrak service at Milwaukee includes the daily Empire Builder and the seven daily Hiawatha Service round trips. It is Amtrak's 18th-busiest...