Effingham and Amtrak officials will celebrate the completion of a $2.5 million improvement of the local Amtrak station with a ribbon-cutting on Tuesday afternoon, August 9.
Amtrak has to date completed 171 ADA related projects as part of the ADA Stations Program. Another 29 stations are targeted for completion this fiscal year at a cost of $113 million. Since 2011, Amtrak has invested more than $489 million in accessibility upgrades throughout the country.
Effingham is served by Amtrak’s Illini and Saluki trains, with service to and from Chicago and Carbondale, via Champaign and Mattoon, and the City of New Orleans to Chicago and to New Orleans, and will be restored to daily service in October.