| Campus |
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| Overview |
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| Service type |
Inter-city rail |
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| Status |
Discontinued |
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| Locale |
Illinois |
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| First service |
November 14, 1971 |
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| Last service |
March 5, 1972 |
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| Former operator(s) |
Amtrak |
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| Route |
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| Start |
Chicago |
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| Stops |
2 |
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| End |
Champaign-Urbana |
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| Distance travelled |
127 miles (204 km) |
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| Average journey time |
2 hours 10 minutes |
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| Service frequency |
Friday/Sunday |
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| Train number(s) |
394 and 395 |
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| On-board services |
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| Catering facilities |
On-board cafe |
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| Technical |
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| Track gauge |
4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
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| Track owner(s) |
Illinois Central |
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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
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