CHICAGO — A major, slow-moving storm has led to a flurry of Amtrak cancellations today (Friday, April 4) in the Midwest.
Cancellations today, according to the Amtrak Alerts social media feed, include:
— Both directions of the Texas Eagle between St. Louis and Marshall, Texas;
— Both directions of the City of New Orleans;
— The southbound Illini between Champaign-Urbana and Carbondale, Ill.
All are due to “inclement weather conditions,” according to the Amtrak Alerts feed. No alternate transportation is being provided for any of the cancelled trains.
On Saturday, April 5, weather again led to the cancellation of the City of New Orleans in both directions; the Texas Eagle in both directions between St. Louis and Marshall, and the Saluki between Carbondale and Champaign-Urbana.
Amtrak Alerts also has announced that the Floridian that departed Miami on Friday has been cancelled between Toledo, Ohio, and Chicago because of lengthy delays. That train was reported to be 13 hours, 48 minutes late as of its stop in Martinsburg, W.Va., at 7:33 a.m. ET on Sunday, April 6, and is currently projected to arrive in Toledo — where it is scheduled to stop at 5:08 a.m. — after 6 p.m. Because of the delay to that trainset, the southbound Floridian scheduled to leave Chicago on Sunday, April 6, has been cancelled between Chicago and Toledo, with bus transportation provided.
— Updated April 5 at 8:08 p.m. CT with Saturday cancellations; updated April 6 at 7:50 a.m. CT with latest information on Floridian.
