Chicago to Quincy Amtrak Service to Resume July 19

Full Amtrak passenger train service will resume in Illinois next week.

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The Illinois Department of Transportation announced Wednesday all state-supported Amtrak trains will resume full service July 19th.

Service had been cut in half due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Included in the trains returning to service is the Carl Sandburg/Illinois Zephyr, which makes two daily roundtrips between Chicago and Quincy.

The other fully restored routes and the Lincoln Service between Chicago and St. Louis and the Illini/Saluki Line between Chicago and Carbondale.