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Cardinal® Hoosier State® CARDINAL® MAY 10, 2010 And HOOSIER STATE® Effective SM NEW YORK – and – CHICAGO Enjoy the journey. 1-800-USA-RAIL 1-800-USA-RAIL Call NEW YORK - WASHINGTON CHARLOTTESVILLE - WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS CHARLESTON - CINCINNATI INDIANAPOLIS - CHICAGO And intermediate stations AMTRAK.COM AMTRAK.COM Visit NRPC Form P50–150M–5/10/10 Stock #02-3731 CARDINAL AND HOOSIER STATE New York • Washington • Cincinnati • Indianapolis • Chicago ® Hoosier Hoosier Service on the Cardinal Cardinal Cardinal Train Name Cardinal State State ® Coaches: Reservations required. s Sleeping cars: Viewliner sleeping 851 51 51 Train Number 50 850 accommodations. - Amtrak Metropolitan Lounge/ClubAcela Dp NYC Dp NYC Ar NYC SuTuWeFr SuMoWeFr WeFr Su Normal Days of Operation WeFrSu available in Chicago, Wash ing ton, Philadelphia and New York for Sleeping car service ® s ® s ® s ® On Board Service ® passengers. y y y r Dining: Combined Diner/Lounge provides food Read Down Mile Symbol Read Up and beverage service. 3 Sundays, Train 50 arrives Baltimore at 6:53 6 45A 6 55A 0DpNew York, NY (ET) Ar 3 9 45P –Penn Station p.m., Wilmington at 7:41 p.m., Philadelphia at R 7 05A R 7 13A 10 Newark, NJ–Penn Station 3D 9 23P 8:02 p.m., Trenton at 8:34 p.m., Newark at 9:13 p.m. and New York at 9:36 p.m. R 7 40A R 7 47A 58 Trenton, NJ 3D 8 43P R 8 16A R 8 20A 91 Philadelphia, PA–30th St. Station 3D 8 09P Smoking is prohibited. R 8 41A R 8 45A 116 Wilmington, DE 3D 7 45P R 9 29A R 9 35A 185 Baltimore, MD–Penn Station 3D 6 54P Service on the Hoosier State® R11 10A R11 10A 225 Washington, DC D 5 55P ® Coaches: Reservations required. R11 29A R11 29A 233 Alexandria, VA D 5 19P No checked baggage. 12 02P 12 02P 258 Manassas, VA 4 35P 12 35P 12 35P 293 Culpeper, VA 4 00P Smoking is prohibited. 1 55P 1 55P 340 Charlottesville, VA 2 47P Richmond—see back Cardinal Scenic Highlights 2 57P 2 57P 379 Staunton, VA 1 31P • New River Gorge 4 05P 4 05P 437 Ar Clifton Forge, VA (Homestead) Dp 12 19P • Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mountains 4 08P 4 08P Dp Ar 12 14P • Shenandoah Valley 5 00P 5 00P 472 White Sulphur Springs, WV 11 25A • World famous Greenbrier mountain resort (Greenbrier) • “Wild and Wonderful” West Virginia vistas 5 31P 5 31P 496 Alderson, WV 10 53A • Scenic Ohio River and Indiana farmland 6 01P 6 01P 517 Hinton, WV 10 23A 6 31P 6 31P 540 Prince, WV (Beckley) 9 53A 6 47P 6 47P 551 Thurmond, WV 9 36A 7 38P 7 38P 592 Montgomery, WV 8 45A Shading Key 8 10P 8 10P 619 Charleston, WV 8 16A Reserved long-distance train 9 35P 9 35P 668 Huntington, WV 7 09A 9 58P 9 58P 683 Ashland, KY (Kenova, WV) 6 29A Thruway and connecting services 10 41P 10 41P 712 So. Portsmouth-So. Shore, KY 5 44A 11 36P 11 36P 766 Maysville, KY 4 51A Schedules subject to change without notice. Amtrak is a registered service 1 03A 1 03A 828 Ar Cincinnati, OH–Union Terminal Dp 3 29A mark of the National Railroad Passenger Corp. National Railroad Passenger 1 10A 1 10A Dp Ar 3 17A Corporation Washington Union Station, 60 Massachusetts Ave. N.E., 3 05A 3 05A 893 Connersville, IN 1 26A Washington, DC 20002. 4 44A 4 44A 951 Ar Indianapolis, IN Davenport, Dp 11 59P 6 00A 6 00A 6 00A Dp Galesburg, Champaign— Ar 11 50P 11 50P see back 6 58A 6 58A 6 58A 998 Crawfordsville, IN 10 30P 10 30P 7 32A 7 32A 7 32A 1025 Lafayette, IN (ET) 9 58P 9 58P 7 37A 7 37A 7 37A 1072 Rensselaer, IN (CT) 7 49P 7 49P 8 27A 8 27A 8 27A 1118 Dyer, IN 6 58P 6 58P 10 05A 10 05A 10 05A 1147 Ar Chicago, IL–Union Station (CT) Dp 5 45P 5 45P Madison—see back Ar CHI Ar CHI Ar CHI Dp CHI Dp CHI SuTuWeFr ThSa Mo TuThSa SuMoWeFr CARDINAL and HOOSIER STATE ROUTE MAP and SYMBOLS Cardinal® A Time Symbol for A.M. Hoosier State® N Time Symbol for Noon. WV P Time Symbol for P.M. IN WV WV D Stops only to discharge Dyer, IN Lafayette,Indianapolis,Cincinnati, IN South OH Portsmouth/SouthHuntington,Montgomery, Prince,Shore, KYWVAlderson,Clifton Forge,Charlottesville, VA Manassas, VAWashington, VA Wilmington, DC Trenton, DE NJNew York, NY passengers; train may leave before IL WV VA MD time shown. Chicago, Ashland, KY Hinton, Staunton,Culpeper, VA Newark, NJ Rensselaer, IN Connersville,Maysville, IN KY Charleston,Thurmond, WV WV Alexandria,Baltimore, VA Philadelphia, PA R Stops only to receive passengers. Crawfordsville, IN Sulphur Springs, WV CT Central time White ET Eastern time Bus stop Flag stop CHICAGO Checked baggage NEW YORK Quik-Trak self-serve ticketing kiosk ([SORUHRXUZDONDEOHFLW\ZLWKHYHQWVDWWUDFWLRQVDQGPRUH INDIANAPOLIS Unstaffed station Staffed ticket office; may or may not be open for all train departures &,7<2)&+,&$*2 5,&+$5'0'$/(<0$<25 Station wheelchair accessible; no 6SRQVRUHGE\WKH&KLFDJR2IILFHRI7RXULVP Cardinal ® barriers between station and train Hoosier State® Station wheelchair accessible; not Other Amtrak Train Routes all stations facilities accessible Thruway Connections NOTE—Greyhound schedules subject to change Washington • Charlottesville (Greyhound Lines) 7492 Mile Thruway Number 7491 10 10A 0 Dp Washington, DC–Union Station (ET) Ar 7 40P 1 05P 136 Ar Charlottesville, VA Dp 4 50P –Amtrak Station (ET) Richmond • Charlottesville (James River Bus Lines) 4051 Thruway Number 4050 SuWeFr Mile Days of Operation Symbol WeFrSu 12 00N 0 Dp Richmond, VA–Staples Mill (ET) Ar 4 30P 1 30P 69 Ar Charlottesville, VA–Amtrak Station (ET) Dp 3 00P Chicago • Indianapolis • Louisville (Greyhound Lines) 8317 8255 Thruway Number 8250 8252 Daily Daily Mile Days of Operation Symbol Daily Daily 12 01A 9 55A 0 Dp Louisville, KY (ET) Ar 11 55P 6 40A –Greyhound Station 2 10A 12 50P 111 Dp Indianapolis, IN (ET) Ar 9 05P 4 30A –Amtrak Station 3 30P 306 Ar Chicago, IL (CT) Dp 3 55P –Union Station Chicago • Rockford • Madison (Van Galder–transfers may be necessary) 8963 Mile Thruway Number Symbol 8968 12 35P 0 Dp Chicago, IL–Union Station (CT) Ar 3 30P 2 10P 75 Ar Rockford, IL Dp 1 20P 2 40P 92 South Beloit, IL 12 55P 3 05P 105 Janesville, WI 12 30P Madison, WI 3 50P 134 –Dutchmill Park & Ride 11 45A 4 05P 140 Ar –Memorial Union- Dp 11 30A Univ. of Wisconsin (CT) Davenport • Galesburg • Peoria • Bloomington • Champaign • Indianapolis (Burlington Trailways) 8890 8892 Thruway Number 8893 8895 Daily Daily Mile Days of Operation Symbol Daily Daily 4 15P 0 Dp Davenport, IA (CT) Ar 6 55P 4 35P 9 Moline, IL Ar 6 35P 1 25P 5 25P 45 Galesburg, IL–Amtrak Sta. Ar 12 55P 5 45P 2 30P 6 30P 94 Peoria Airport, IL 12 05P 4 45P 3 30P 7 25P 133 Bloomington-Normal, IL 3 50P 4 55P 8 45P 187 Champaign-Urbana, IL 9 55A 2 20P 5 40P 9 20P 221 Danville, IL (CT) 9 00A 1 35P 8 00P 11 49P 314 Ar Indianapolis, IN (ET) Dp 8 35A 1 00P The Thruway Services above connect with Amtrak trains at Indianapolis—with Trains 50 and 51. See other side for Shading Key, Route Map and Symbols. Connecting Local Services Chicago Airports Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) rapid transit trains provide frequent service to O’Hare and Midway Airports. Blue Line trains to O’Hare leave from the subway station at the corner of Clinton and Congress Streets, two blocks south of Union Station. Orange Line trains to Midway leave from the elevated station at the corner of Quincy and Wells streets, three blocks east of Union Station. Pay fare in CTA station. (312) 836-7000 or www.transitchicago.com. .
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