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Lake Country Limited
The Lake Country Limited near Janesville in 2000
Overview
Service type
Inter-city rail
Status
Discontinued
Locale
Illinois, Wisconsin
First service
April 15, 2000
Last service
September 23, 2001
Former operator(s)
Amtrak
Ridership
2,934 (FY00) 1,614 (FY01)[1]
Route
Termini
Chicago, Illinois Janesville, Wisconsin
Stops
2
Distance travelled
98 miles (158 km)
Average journey time
2 hours, 30 minutes[2]
Service frequency
Daily (before March 2001) Weekly (after March 2001)[1]
Train number(s)
342, 343, 344
On-board services
Catering facilities
None
Baggage facilities
Carry-on only
Technical
Rolling stock
Horizon or Amfleet coaches
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Operating speed
39 mph (63 km/h) (avg.)
Track owner(s)
Metra Wisconsin and Southern Railroad
Route map
Legend
98 mi
158 km
Janesville
67 mi
108 km
Lake Geneva
Wisconsin
Illinois
Des Plaines River
Hiawatha Service
and Empire Builder
16 mi
26 km
Glenview
Chicago River
(North Branch)
0 mi
Chicago
other Amtrak services
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The Lake Country Limited was a short-lived Amtrak route which connected Chicago, Illinois with Janesville, Wisconsin. The route was part of Amtrak's Network Growth Strategy, which envisioned an expanded role for mail and express business. The Lake Country Limited would have exchanged goods with a new Chicago–Philadelphia train named the Skyline Connection, which in the end never began operation. The previous time when there was interstate train service along the route was the era immediately before Amtrak (April 30, 1971) when the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) operated the Sioux and the Varsity trains.
^ abSandler, Larry (December 27, 2001). "Returns mixed on state train routes". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. p. 01. Retrieved May 12, 2024 – via NewsBank.
^"Amtrak National Timetable". The Museum of Railway Timetables. April 29, 2001. p. 44. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
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