Saturday, July 4, 2009 East Central Illinois

Officials concerned about Amtrak service to Chicago

By Mike Monson
Sunday, March 23, 2008 9:51 AM CDT

Ehab Samy, 22, was sitting in the lobby on the second floor at Illinois Terminal in downtown Champaign recently, waiting for a late-morning Amtrak train to Chicago.

A University of Illinois graduate with a degree in economics, Samy was headed for a job interview. The Champaign resident says he uses Amtrak to get to Chicago five or six times a year.

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