Classic route
Illinois Zephyr & Carl Sandburg
Chicago → Quincy · United States
America’s longest continuously running state-sponsored train: the Illinois Zephyr has run since November 1971, joined by the Carl Sandburg in 2006, across the prairie to Quincy on the Mississippi.
- Distance
- 415 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 4 h 20 min
- Average speed
- 96 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmChicago Union Station +14
- 22 kmLaGrange Road
- 46 kmNaperville +2
- 83 kmPlano
- 133 kmMendota +1
- 167 kmPrinceton +2
- 210 kmKewanee
- 261 kmGalesburg +2
- 325 kmMacomb
- 415 kmQuincy
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 4744150: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via Amtrak: our line passes within 64 m of every station the Illinois Zephyr to Chicago calls at (the operator publishes no route geometry to compare)
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Illinois Zephyr & Carl Sandburg?
The Illinois Zephyr & Carl Sandburg runs 415 km from Chicago to Quincy.
How long does the Illinois Zephyr & Carl Sandburg take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 4 h 20 min for the 415 km. That is an average of 96 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Illinois Zephyr & Carl Sandburg?
Amtrak and IDOT, with Siemens Charger + Venture coaches.
How old is the Illinois Zephyr & Carl Sandburg?
The line has been in service since 1971. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
How often does the Illinois Zephyr & Carl Sandburg run?
2× daily each way.
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