page_title: Lincoln Service
hierarchical_section_title: Lincoln Service
caption_attribution_description: Train 305 a Lincoln service train leaves Chicago for St. Louis on National Train Day.
context_page_description: The Lincoln Service is a 284-mile 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 the long-distance Texas Eagle.
  The Lincoln Service is a re-branding of the former State House route, which had run between Chicago and St. Louis since 1973. Originally intended to connect Chicago and Springfield, Amtrak extended the train to St. Louis at its own expense because the Springfield station was not designed to turn equipment.
  It runs along a route previously owned by the Alton Railroad, which merged with the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad 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 2016, the Lincoln Service trains carried 548,955 passengers, a decrease of 4.8% from FY2015. The service had a total revenue of $14,266,964, a decrease of 1.3% from FY2015.
  As of 13 September 2017, the travel time from Chicago to St. Louis was 5 hours 30 minutes -- 35 minutes slower than the
context_section_description: 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 the long-distance Texas Eagle.
  The Lincoln Service is a re-branding of the former State House route, which had run between Chicago and St. Louis since 1973. Originally intended to connect Chicago and Springfield, Amtrak extended the train to St. Louis at its own expense because the Springfield station was not designed to turn equipment.
  It runs along a route previously owned 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 2016 (ending September '16), the Lincoln Service trains carried 548,955 passengers, a decrease of 4.8% from FY2015.  The service had a total revenue of $14,266,964, a decrease of 1.3% from FY2015.
  As of 13 September 2017, the travel time from Chicago to St. Louis was 5 hours 30 minutes -- 35 minutes slower than the 
  Illinois Central Railroad operated its express trains over the same route during the 1930s.
caption: A Lincoln Service departs Chicago in May 2009. Directly behind is the Sears Tower (now Willis).
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