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    Feel free to jump directly to www.amtrak.com but, we cannot guarantee your travel booking directly with Amtrak.  Peabody Travel is a licensed travel agency of Travel Planners International and we can only issue Amtrak tickets through Travel Planners International.  To book rail tickets through Peabody Travel, you must go to www.peabodytravel.com and register as a customer.  Railroad schedules to Chicago will be posted here soon.

    If you are unfamiliar with Chicago, where Amtrak stations are located in Chicago or maybe you are looking for alternative travel, then the following information will be helpful.

    • The Chicago area offers five Amtrak railway stations with Union station located on South Canal Street being the main station where you can purchase tickets, check in baggage and a lounge for those holding sleeping car tickets.  The Metropolitan lounge also offers Internet connection and complimentary non-alcoholic beverages.  If you wish to purchase tickets in advance, a direct link to Amtrak is provided at the top of this page or you can call Peabody Travel for assistance.  Union station opens at 5:30 am and is open until midnight, seven days a week.
      The four additional Chicago area Amtrak stations are located in Summit, La Grange, Hammond and Glenview.  Glenview is the only other station where you can purchase tickets.  Peabody Travel is open at 4am CST, Monday through Saturday at 6am on Sundays.  We are available until 4pm.  Our home page offers a chat option and a 24-hour request call back function.  We cannot guarantee the time of response on call back request after hours but, if an agent is in the office after hours we will respond.

    Tickets

    • If you are planning a vacation and plan to travel via railway then Peabody Travel can assist in planning your entire vacation including transportation, hotel, restaurants, entertainment and site seeing.  You can visit our agency website by clicking on the link at the top of this page or you can also visit our trips website at www.trips.ws.  Unlike the airlines, baggage services are offered for free by the Red Cap Service agents.  Tickets can be purchased via Kiosk and ticket assistance is available starting at 6am to 9pm.

      Destinations

      Chicago is Amtrak central and from Chicago, choices and available cities to travel to is endless.  Direct major cities include Detroit, Toronto, Montreal, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Cincinnati, St. Louis, Kansas City, Memphis, Dallas, New Orleans, San Antonio, Santa Fe, NM, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, Portland, Seattle and Vancouver.  An Amtrak route map can be viewed at http://tickets.amtrak.com/secure/content/routeatlas/index.html.