Amtrak's college connections emphasized
By Kate Clements
Wednesday March 1, 2006
SPRINGFIELD –Universities, mayors and the rail industry are teaming up to ask the state for money to add trains between Chicago and Illinois college towns like Champaign-Urbana, Quincy, Bloomington and Carbondale.
Southern Illinois University President Glenn Poshard said college students made up nearly a third of the 3 million passengers on Illinois trains last year and many of the busiest Amtrak stations are in college towns.
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