Kentucky Cardinal

Kentucky Cardinal
The Kentucky Cardinal at Jeffersonville, Indiana in 2001
Overview
Service typeInter-city rail
LocaleMidwestern United States
PredecessorHoosier State
First serviceDecember 17, 1999
Last serviceJuly 5, 2003
SuccessorHoosier State
Former operator(s)Amtrak
Route
TerminiChicago
Louisville
Stops6
Distance travelled312 miles (502 km)
Service frequencyDaily
Train number(s)850/851
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Track owner(s)Louisville and Indiana Railroad
CSX Transportation
Cascade Investment Railway (as the privatization of CN)
Union Pacific Railroad
Metra
Route map
0 mi
Chicago
29 mi
47 km
Dyer
74 mi
119 km
Rensselaer
122 mi
196 km
Lafayette
149 mi
240 km
Crawfordsville
196 mi
315 km
Indianapolis
307 mi
494 km
Jeffersonville
312 mi
502 km
Louisville

The Kentucky Cardinal was a nightly 312-mile (502 km) passenger train operated by Amtrak from 1999 to 2003 between Chicago, Illinois, and Louisville, Kentucky, via Indianapolis, Indiana. On the three days that the Cardinal ran, the Kentucky Cardinal operated as a section, splitting at Indianapolis. On the other four days, it ran on its own to Chicago.