Passengers at Yazoo City use a shelter on the platform. Amtrak began serving Yazoo City and Greenwood in 1995, when the City of New Orleans was rerouted westward between Jackson…
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On the morning of September 12, 2014, city officials, residents and representatives from Amtrak, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) and Union Pacific Railroad gathered to cut the ribbon on…
The Independence station is located southwest of the historic downtown. As a Senator, Vice President, and finally President of the United States, Harry S. Truman passed through the station hundreds…
Please Note: As of January 2020, the Jefferson City station has relocated to a temporary facility that is located along the boarding platform a half-block west of the regular Amtrak…
The Kansas City Terminal Railway, a company formed by the twelve railroads serving the city, built the limestone and granite Kansas City Union Station that we see today. Excavation began…
Attention Amtrak Customers: The Amtrak Kirkwood station will be temporarily closed for renovations beginning June 10, 2025. This work is being done for the City of Kirkwood to preserve and…
The La Plata Amtrak station is a restored Art Deco style depot constructed of wood and brick. The original combination passenger and freight depot, built in 1887, was in need…
The Lee’s Summit station is located adjacent to William B. Howard Station Park in the heart of downtown. As its name indicates, Lee’s Summit was built on a prominent 1,000…
The Amtrak stop in Poplar Bluff is at the brick Union Pacific (UP) depot, built in 1910 by the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway, the first railroad to…
The Sedalia station is located a few blocks north of the heart of downtown, centered on the courthouse, and a half dozen blocks west of the popular Katy Trail State…
Amtrak established the Great American Stations Project in 2006 to educate communities on the benefits of redeveloping train stations, offer tools to community leaders to preserve their stations, and provide the appropriate Amtrak resources.
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