J.B. Pritzker announced plans for restored train service between Chicago and Rockford in the coming years, bringing back a route that has not run in more than four decades. Service to Rockford was once operated by Amtrak.... Trains are not projected to start running until late 2027. Advertisement Trains last ran between Chicago and Rockford in 1981, on a state-funded route that extended on through northwest Illinois.... The state has planned at various times to restore service to Rockford, inc