The Cardinal connects New York, NY and Chicago, IL on the route operated by Amtrak, calling at 21 stations.
Quick Facts
- Operator
- Amtrak
- Service type
- Long-Distance
- Endpoints
- New York ↔ Chicago
- Stations
- 21
- States served
- 12 (NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, DC, VA, WV, KY, OH, IN, IL)
Route guide
The Cardinal is a long-distance service operated by Amtrak, running between Moynihan Train Hall and Chicago Union Station and calling at 21 stations. Which stations a route calls at, and the agency that operates it, come from the operator's published schedule feed.
What to watch for: New River Gorge in West Virginia, with cliffs, whitewater, and the New River Gorge Bridge — easily one of the most spectacular stretches of passenger rail anywhere east of the Rockies.
Stops along the route
Stations are listed in the order the operating agency's schedule feed records them. Stop sequencing depends on the specific train; refer to the operator's timetable for departures.
- Moynihan Train Hall — New York, NY
- Newark Penn Station — Newark, NJ
- William H. Gray III 30th Street Station — Philadelphia, PA
- Joseph R. Biden Jr. Railroad Station — Wilmington, DE
- Baltimore Penn Station — Baltimore, MD
- Washington Union Station — Washington, DC
- Alexandria, VA — Alexandria, VA
- Manassas — Manassas, VA
- Culpeper — Culpeper, VA
- Charlottesville Union Station — Charlottesville, VA
- Staunton — Staunton, VA
- Clifton Forge — Clifton Forge, VA
- Charleston, WV — Charleston, WV
- Huntington, WV — Huntington, WV
- South Portsmouth — South Portsmouth, KY
- Maysville — Maysville, KY
- Cincinnati Union Terminal — Cincinnati, OH
- Connersville — Connersville, IN
- Indianapolis Union Station — Indianapolis, IN
- Crawfordsville — Crawfordsville, IN
- Chicago Union Station — Chicago, IL