Hiawatha Service or Illinois Zephyr
The two routes share one station, Chicago Union Station. The table lists what each shows and how long each takes; the route pages carry the full stretch tables.
Side by side
| Hiawatha Service | Illinois Zephyr | |
|---|---|---|
| Endpoints | Chicago Union Station to Milwaukee | Quincy to Chicago Union Station |
| Duration, end to end | 1 h 29 m | 4 h 21 m |
| Frequency | Daily | Daily |
| Trains | 337 northbound, 338 southbound | 380 eastbound, 383 westbound |
| Named stretches with a cited source | 3 | 3 |
| Shows | Big cities | Big cities |
| Headline stretch | Milwaukee and a glimpse of Lake Michigan | South Branch of the Chicago River |
| Headline stretch in daylight | northbound: daylight Feb to Oct; dusk Nov to Jan, 4:36 p.m.; southbound: daylight, 3:04 p.m. | eastbound: daylight, 10:23 a.m.; westbound: daylight Mar to Sep; dusk Oct; dark Nov to Feb, 6:04 p.m. |
Duration, frequency, and daylight are computed from the Amtrak GTFS timetable (fetched 2026-10-15) for the representative trip in each direction; daylight is the phrase for the headline stretch, the highlighted row of each route page. Named stretches are counted from the cited route guides. How these are computed.