Georgian (train)

Georgian
Overview
Service type Inter-city rail
Status Discontinued
Locale Midwestern United States/Southeastern United States
First service 1946
Last service April 30, 1971
Former operator(s) Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad and Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Route
Start Chicago, Illinois and St. Louis, Missouri
End Atlanta, Georgia
Distance travelled 731 miles (1,176 km)
Service frequency Daily
Train number(s) 53, 54, 93, 94
On-board services
Seating arrangements coach
Sleeping arrangements sections, roomettes, double bedrooms and a compartment
Catering facilities dining cars and lounge

The Georgian was a long distance passenger train operated by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in conjunction with the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad. It was operated between St. Louis St. Louis Union Station and Atlanta's Atlanta Union Station with a section operated by the C&EI from Evansville to Chicago's Dearborn Station.

It was begun in 1946 as a streamliner. As a night train it offered sleeping car and dining car services. It was among the services that ended on April 30, 1971, as Amtrak assumed operation of nearly all intercity passenger railroad service in the continental United States. Since that time Atlanta has had no service heading directly north to Tennessee or Chicago.[1]

Important station stops

Important stops on St. Louis section

Notes

  1. ↑ "Project 1971," U. S. Passenger Trains operating on the eve of Amtrak http://www.streamlinerschedules.com/project1971.html
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