| Campus |
| Overview |
| Service type |
Inter-city rail |
| Status |
Discontinued |
| Locale |
Illinois |
| First service |
November 14, 1971 |
| Last service |
March 5, 1972 |
| Former operator(s) |
Amtrak |
| Route |
| Start |
Chicago |
| No. of intermediate stops |
2 |
| End |
Champaign-Urbana |
| Distance travelled |
127 miles (204 km) |
| Average journey time |
2 hours 10 minutes |
| Service frequency |
Friday/Sunday |
| Train number(s) |
394 and 395 |
| On-board services |
| Catering facilities |
On-board cafe |
| Technical |
| Track gauge |
4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
| 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]
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