Illinois High-Speed Rail

Illinois High Speed Rail refers to a set of planned high speed rail lines connecting Chicago Union Station (aka the Chicago Hub Network) to various parts of the state and beyond. Two lines already offer increased speeds.

The Michigan Line, which hosts the Blue Water and Wolverine services, has a long section in Indiana and Michigan owned by Amtrak. Since Amtrak has priority on this track (and another section in Michigan) and converted it to using positive train control, they have increased speeds over those sections to 110 miles per hour (180 km/h).

The Lincoln Service between Chicago and St. Louis has been upgraded and has trains running at 90 miles per hour (140 km/h) (faster than the prior 79 miles per hour [127 km/h] limit). Service at speeds of 110 mph and higher was slated to begin in 2019.[1]

There has also been some talk of service from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Rockford railway station. Studies began in 2015 to look into the construction and contracting on the project.[2]

References
  1. "$2 billion Illinois rail project falls behind high-speed targets". wqad.com. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  2. Guse, Clayton. "Illinois moving forward with high-speed rail project from O'Hare to Chicago and beyond". Timeout.com. Retrieved 8 June 2015.


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