The Cardinal is a passenger train route operated by Amtrak in the Midwestern and Northeastern United States. It runs three days a week, from Chicago, Illinois (Union Station) to New York, New York (Penn Station) via Indianapolis, Indiana, Cincinnati, Ohio and Washington, D.C.. The Hoosier State provides service the other four days on the part from Chicago to Indianapolis. Amtrak is the trademark name of the intercity passenger train system created on May 1, 1971 in the United States. ... The Midwest is a common name for a region of the United States of America. ... Northeast is the ordinal direction halfway between north and east. ... Chicago, colloquially known as the Second City and the Windy City, is the third-largest city in population in the United States and the largest inland city in the country. ... In the waiting room of the Union Station, January 1943 Union Station is a Chicago, Illinois train station which was built 1913–1925, during the time when Chicago reigned as the undisputed railroad center of the United States. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... For the Pennsylvania Station in Newark, New Jersey or Baltimore, Maryland, see Pennsylvania Station (Newark) or Pennsylvania Station (Baltimore). ... It has been suggested that Fountain Square be merged into this article or section. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C., Washington, the Nations Capital, or the District, and historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United States of America, and as such, the word Washington is often used as a...

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In addition to the Cardinal, one other train (Lake Shore Limited, Amtrak) connects Chicago to New York, and one other (Capitol Limited) connects Chicago to Washington. Amtrak has discontinued the Three Rivers west of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on March 7, 2005, replacing it with the Pennsylvanian. The Lake Shore Limited is a train route operated by Amtrak in the Midwestern and Northeastern United States on routes formally traveled by the famed 20th Century Limited. ... Amtrak is the trademark name of the intercity passenger train system created on May 1, 1971 in the United States. ... Amtraks Capitol Limited is one of the two routes connecting Washington, DC to Chicago (the other is the Cardinal). ... Amtrak is the trademark name of the intercity passenger train system created on May 1, 1971 in the United States. ... Nickname: The Steel City Location in Pennsylvania Founded  -Incorporated 1758   County Allegheny County Mayor Tom Murphy (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water 151. ... March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... The Pennsylvanian is a geologic (sub)period lasting from roughly 325 million years before the present (BP) to 286 million years BP. As with most other geologic periods, the rock beds that define the period are well identified, but the exact date of the start and end are uncertain by...

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An Eastbound ride

Heading eastward, the train rolls from Chicago to Indianapolis, then southeasterly to the skyline of Cincinnati. It then crosses the mighty Ohio River into Kentucky, and travels almost due east along the banks, stopping at the quaint towns of Maysville and Ashland.

The train crosses into West Virginia, the Mountain State, and stops at Huntington and then in South Charleston, across the Kanawha River from the state capitol of Charleston.

As the train moves along the Kanawha and New River valleys, you will see the wild white-water rivers of West Virginia as they can only be seen by train, including a stop at historic Thurmond.

After historic White Sulphur Springs, the train crosses the Eastern Continental Divide through the Allegheny Mountain Tunnel into Virginia, stopping at Clifton Forge and Staunton in the Shenandoah Valley, and crossing the Blue Ridge Mountains to Charlottesville, home of the University of Virginia.

Continuing through Virginia's Piedmont region, as night begins to fall, you will see the gently rolling hills of horse country, arriving in Washington, DC at Union Station.

From Washington, the Cardinal follows Amtrak's own Northeast Corridor through Maryland to Baltimore, and on to Wilmington, Delaware, the Chemical Capital of the world.

It is only a short distance further to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the City of Brotherly Love. Crossing into New Jersey, the Garden State, the train makes stops at Trenton and Newark before reaching New York City's famed Penn Station.

Stations

For service east of Washington, see Northeast Corridor. Cardinal trains stop only at these stations: An Amtrak train on the NEC in New Jersey, as seen from an NJ Transit train. ...

• New York Penn Station
• Newark Penn Station
• Trenton
• Philadelphia 30th Street Station
• Wilmington
• Baltimore Penn Station
• BWI Rail Station

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External links

• Amtrak - Cardinal/Hoosier State