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NORMAL — Residents will soon have a new way to get from the Twin Cities to the Windy City.

Greyhound will add a daily bus route from uptown Normal to its Chicago station at 630 W. Harrison St., effective Wednesday, if the Normal City Council approves the route the day before.

The company plans to run the route between Chicago, Elgin, Rockford, Rochelle, Oglesby, Normal, Champaign and Danville, and it would stop at Uptown Station under a license agreement with the town.

Normal would receive $3,240 in use-of-facility fees per year and possibly up to another $4,500 annually in local ticketing fees, depending how Greyhound chooses to operate the line, according to a memo from Normal Corporation Counsel Brian Day.

The agreement would last one year with automatic renewals but could be terminated early by either side.

Peoria Charter currently runs bus service from Uptown Station to Chicago. Burlington Trailways also operates buses from the station.

"It gives our folks another option, but it shouldn't have a great impact on Uptown Station," said Assistant City Manager Eric Hanson of the route. "Not a huge budget impact, but certainly better than zero."