Planning your trip to Chicago by train
The stations are referred with their station codes to book the tickets. To know the station codes, click on the following link:
http://www.amtrak.com/html/stations_A.html
The station code for Chicago is CHI. the station codes are used to view the trains leaving the station and the timings, enter the station code in the following link to view the full information about the particular station:
http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer/Page/1237405732508/1237405732508
Railway is providing two best tools for planning your trip, one is Original RTA Trip Planner and another is goroo Trip Planner Beta,the advanced and fast method of planning.
http://tripsweb.rtachicago.com/
http://goroo.com/goroo/index.htm
To know the trains and routes from outside Chicago, check the following link:
http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer/Page/1237405732511/1237405732511
There are some guidelines to plan the trips using the trains; the guidance for overall planning of the trip is given in the following link:
http://www.transitchicago.com/riding_cta/how_to_guides/findingyourway.aspx
