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Recent efforts to upgrade Union Pacific Railroad’s track used by Amtrak for its Chicago-to-St. Louis “Lincoln Service” have reached the completion stage for this work season, Amtrak officials said in a prepared statement.

Now, all five round trips on the corridor will be conducted by train; Amtrak previously relied on scheduled detours or chartered buses to handle traffic during the project.

The trackwork is part of the corridor improvement plan for which the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) selected Illinois to receive $1.1 billion in high-speed rail funding to establish 110 mph service by 2014.

The state has provided more than $42 million in capital funding for the project. In addition, Illinois was selected earlier this year to receive $186.3 million in additional FRA funds to further upgrade the route and provide high-speed service between Dwight and Joliet.