In early October 2010, Amtrak released a report detailing plans to increase the "Cardinal"s service from thrice-weekly to daily service, as well as increasing the train's on-time performance and food service. The January 2011 issue of "Trains" later revealed that Amtrak would scrap re-routing and Superliner conversion and instead adopt not only daily service, but also purchasing dome cars to be used along the Chicago-Washington, D.C., portion of the trip. In addition, the routing into Chicago Union Station would be changed and station platforms along the route containing coal dust would be scrubbed and cleaned.