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Missouri River Runner opens train between Kansas City and St. Louis
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JEFFERSON CITY –The State of Missouri and Amtrak will restore the second of two daily round-trip trains on the Amtrak MidwestSM Missouri River Runner line between the Amtrak stations in Kansas City and St. Louis starting July 19. Funding from the State of Missouri and the federal American Rescue Plan Act will keep those two round-trip trains running through the end of December 2021. This service was reduced to one round-trip each day in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We appreciate the General Assembly and Gov. Parson providing necessary resources for the Amtrak Missouri River Runner service in the state’s budget as well as the additional COVID relief funds enabling us to restore this important transportation service to Missourians,” said Missouri Department of Transportation Director Patrick McKenna. “The two daily round-trip trains will be available through December covering
The content will be live through June 16, 2021 and accessible via the
MoDOT webpage. The virtual open house format allows members of the public to access the materials at any time through June 16.
The public is invited to view the information about Missouri’s passenger rail network, ask questions of MoDOT and the project team and leave comments on how passenger rail service can better service the citizens of Missouri. The passenger rail component of the State Freight and Rail Plan examines each of the three Amtrak service options in Missouri – Amtrak’s
Missouri River Runner,
Texas Eagle – as well as the economic impact of the
The State of Missouri and Amtrak will restore the second of two daily round-trip trains on the Amtrak Midwest Missouri River Runner line between the Amtrak stations in Kansas City and St. Louis starting July 19.
Funding from the State of Missouri and the federal American Rescue Plan Act will keep those two round-trip trains running through the end of December 2021. This service was reduced to one round-trip each day in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
An Economic Impact Study of the Missouri River Runner found the service generates more than $200 million in annual economic impact in Missouri. It also supports more than 1,250 jobs in communities at the stops across the state, including Sedalia and Warrensburg in the KMMO listening area.