Lincoln Service

The Lincoln Service is a 284-mile (457 km) higher-speed rail service operated by Amtrak that runs between Chicago, Illinois and St. Louis, Missouri. The train is a part of the Illinois Service and is partially funded by the Illinois Department of Transportation. The train uses the same tracks as Amtrak's Texas Eagle.

The Lincoln Service is a re-branding of the former State House route. The train route was originally run by the Alton Railroad, which merged with the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad (GM&O) in 1947. By the time the GM&O merged with the Illinois Central Railroad in 1972, Amtrak had taken over passenger service.

During fiscal year 2013, the Lincoln Service trains carried nearly 655,465 passengers, an increase of 9.7% from FY2012. The service had a total revenue of $16,382,439, an increase of 22.7% from FY2012.

In March, 2013 the travel time from Chicago to St. Louis was 5 hours 30 minutes which was a full 35 minutes slower than the Illinois Central Railroad operated its express trains over the same route during the 1930s.

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Norfolk Daily News 06 Jun 2019

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Lakota Country Times 06 Jun 2019

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Wtop 06 Jun 2019

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Jennifer Carter enters Lincoln legislative race

Lincoln Journal Star 06 Jun 2019

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Journal Courier 06 Jun 2019

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WPTV 06 Jun 2019

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The North Platte Telegraph 05 Jun 2019

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Stars and Stripes 05 Jun 2019

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Central Illinois thunderstorms likely this afternoon, evening

Herald & Review 05 Jun 2019

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Storms knock down power lines, tree limbs

The State Journal-Register 05 Jun 2019

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Streetcar planners need to know Couture is moving forward soon

Business Journal 05 Jun 2019

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