Amtrak riders between St. Louis and Chicago are still waiting for 90 and 110 mph speeds
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Amtrak riders between St. Louis and Chicago are still waiting for 90 and 110 mph speeds
By Mark Schlinkmann St. Louis Post-Dispatch Dec 31, 2018
While most of a $1.95-billion upgrade of the St. Louis-to-Chicago Amtrak corridor was finished a year ago, long-promised faster rail journeys on the route have yet to happen.
Delays in installing and testing new GPS-related safety technology have kept Amtrak trains from hitting high speeds of 90 mph during 2018 as the Illinois Department of Transportation had predicted.
Trains still are allowed to go no faster than 79 mph on the route.
IDOT now projects that 90-mph speeds will be in place for Amtrak next summer from Alton to south of Springfield and along much of the remainder of the route by the end of next year.
However, the agency is no longer saying when it believes the more significant speed target of 110 mph will be reached.
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