Campus (train)

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The Campus was a passenger train operated by Amtrak between Chicago and Champaign, Illinois. The Chicago-Champaign corridor already saw two trains daily: the Shawnee (Chicago-Carbondale) and the Panama Limited (Chicago-New Orleans). The Campus made a round-trip Friday and Sunday, serving the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. A second train, the Illini, made a Friday trip. The Campus first appeared on the November 14, 1971, timetable, the first timetable Amtrak issued with its own numbers.[1] Amtrak discontinued the Campus and Illini on March 5, 1972. Both trains had used Central Station, which Amtrak was abandoning; Amtrak judged that the additional 35–40 minutes necessary to serve Union Station made the schedule impractical.[2] The Campus was the last passenger train to use Central Station.[3]: 100 

Campus
Overview
Service typeInter-city rail
StatusDiscontinued
LocaleIllinois
First serviceNovember 14, 1971
Last serviceMarch 5, 1972
Former operator(s)Amtrak
Route
TerminiChicago
Champaign-Urbana
Stops2
Distance travelled127 miles (204 km)
Average journey time2 hours 10 minutes
Service frequencyFriday/Sunday
Train number(s)394 and 395
On-board services
Catering facilitiesOn-board cafe
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Track owner(s)Illinois Central

References

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  1. ^ "Nationwide schedules of intercity passenger service". Amtrak. November 14, 1971. Retrieved April 10, 2010.
  2. ^ In fact, a re-launched Illini needed only an additional fifteen minutes to make the trip in 1974. "All-America Schedules". Amtrak. November 15, 1974. Retrieved April 10, 2010.
  3. ^ Sanders, Craig (2006). Amtrak in the Heartland. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34705-3.