MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) – More than 18,500 passengers rode Borealis trains between St. Paul and Chicago during the first full month of operations.
According to preliminary figures from Amtrak, that’s an average of about 300 aboard each eastbound and westbound train.
Borealis is operated daily by Amtrak under contracts with Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois. Wisconsin Department of Transportation Secretary Craig Thompson called the initial data promising and hopes the more people that ride Borealis and like it, the more successful it will be.
Trains originate from St. Paul at midday and from Chicago in the late morning.
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