Officials concerned about Amtrak service to Chicago
By Mike Monson
Sunday March 23, 2008
Heather Coit
Ehab Samy of Champaign waits to board an Amtrak train headed for Chicago while at the Illinois Terminal.
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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