According to Amtrak’s schedules, the Borealis is also slightly faster than the Empire Builder. The trip from St. Paul to Chicago on the Borealis takes 7 hours and 24 minutes, which is 31 minutes ...

Amtrak’s Borealis, the passenger rail line running between St. Paul’s Union Depot and Chicago’s Union Station, recently marked its first anniversary. But there is a bigger reason to celebrate.

The Amtrak Borealis route from St. Paul to Chicago had a good first month, but most of what’s been reported beyond that is wild hyperbole.

Ridership of Amtrak's Borealis line with service from Milwaukee to the Twin Cities and Chicago climbed to more than 200,000 passengers in its first year of operation, the agency reported May 21.

Amtrak also shared that the number of passengers using St. Paul Union Depot jumped from 77,597 in FY23 to 130,328 in FY24. Again, we don’t know how many of them traveled MSP-Chicago, but it’s ...

More than 18,500 riders took Amtrak's Borealis train in its first full month of service, according to a release from Amtrak. The train, which travels between St. Paul and Chicago with two stops in ...

Amtrak also shared that the number of passengers using St. Paul Union Depot jumped from 77,597 in FY23 to 130,328 in FY24. Again, we don’t know how many of them traveled MSP-Chicago, but it’s ...

Amtrak's cross-country Empire Builder train has long connected Milwaukee to the Twin Cities, but now the year-old Borealis route makes the trip even easier and more affordable.

The Amtrak Borealis line from St. Paul to Chicago saw more than 100,000 riders in its first five-and-a-half months. But for now, those train wheels are temporarily replaced with rubber.

Amtrak's Borealis route, launched in May 2024, offers a convenient weekend travel option for riders. The route runs from St. Paul to Chicago, with stops in Winona, La Crosse, ...

Amtrak would not provide data about how many of Borealis’s riders rode only that portion of the route, but WisARP released WisDOT data in May noting 38.5% of Borealis May ridership was Chicago ...

The Borealis is the first passenger rail service expansion in Wisconsin in 22 years. Amtrak is trending to set a new all-time record for national travel this year, according to Lang.