Riders get on the Amtrak train to Chicago Friday, June 19, 2009, in Lafayette. With ongoing discussions about federal money being spent to add hi-speed rail lines in the Midwest, some locals are getting excited about the possibility of such service coming through Lafayette. Staff file photo by Michael Heinz
Lafayette may lose daily passenger railroad service next year.
Amtrak confirms plans to end the Hoosier State route, effective Oct. 1, 2013.
“It is very likely there could no longer be daily service in Lafayette,” said Marc Magliari with the Amtrak media relations office in Chicago.
Nearly 27,000 people got on and off the Hoosier State and the Cardinal passenger trains in Lafayette last year.
The Cardinal would continue to serve Lafayette three mornings and three nights a week on its route between Chicago and New York.
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