Missouri River Runner (Amtrak)

Missouri River Runner
Train #313 entering Kirkwood Station
Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Status	Operating
Locale	Missouri
Current operator(s)	Amtrak
Average ridership	522 daily 190,628 total (FY11)[1]
Route
Start	Kansas City, Missouri
End	St. Louis, Missouri
Distance travelled	283 mi (455.44 km)
Average journey time	5 hours, 40 minutes
Train number(s)	311, 313, 314, 316
On-board services
Class(es)	Standard and Business
Technical
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Track owner(s)	UP
Route map Legend Distance Station 0 mi (0 km) Kansas City 10 mi (16 km) Independence 23 mi (37 km) Lee's Summit 65 mi (105 km) Warrensburg 94 mi (151 km) Sedalia 158 mi (254 km) Jefferson City 202 mi (325 km) Hermann 232 mi (373 km) Washington 270 mi (430 km) Kirkwood 283 mi (455 km) St. Louis This route map: view · talk · edit

The Missouri River Runner is a 283-mile (455 km) passenger train route operated by Amtrak running between Gateway Multimodal Transportation Center in St. Louis and Kansas City Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri. This train route was formerly operated as part of the Missouri Service train network, which included the Ann Rutledge, Kansas City Mule, and the St. Louis Mule.

Four trains operate daily on this route: 311 and 313 westbound, and 314 and 316 eastbound.

The new route name was announced in January 2009 as part of the “Name The Train” contest held by the Missouri Department of Transportation. The winning name was submitted by Keith Kohler of Glendale, Missouri. Service between St. Louis and Kansas City is financed primarily through funds made available by the Missouri Department of Transportation.^[2]

During fiscal year 2011, the service carried a total of 190,628 passengers, a 16% increase from FY 2010's total of 164,817 passengers.^[1] The trains had a total revenue of $4,073,303 during FY 2010, an increase of 24.4% from FY 2009's total of $3,274,897.^[1]

Route improvements

In November 2009, Amtrak and Union Pacific completed an $8.1 million 9,000 feet (2,700 m) siding near California, Missouri, designed to improve performance along the route. Amtrak officials credited the siding with helping improve Amtrak's on-time performance. The siding was funded by the state of Missouri and the Federal Railway Administration.^[3][4] Due to these improvements, on time performance has increased from less than 70% to 95%.^[5][6]

Consist

The Missouri River Runner consists of the following:^[7]

• One GE Genesis P42DC locomotive
• Three Horizon Fleet coaches
• One Horizon Fleet cafe/business car

See also

• Ann Rutledge
• Mules

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "AMTRAK SETS NEW RIDERSHIP RECORD, THANKS PASSENGERS FOR TAKING THE TRAIN (link to PDF download)". Amtrak. 11 October 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer/Page/1237608337144/1237608345018?passedMonth=October&passedYear=2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010. 
2. ^ "Missouri Amtrak trains get a new name". USA Today. January 28, 2009. http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2009-01-28-missouri-amtrak_N.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-10. 
3. ^ Miller, Kermit (December 8, 2009). "State officials dedicate new rail to AMTRAK". KRCG. http://www.connectmidmissouri.com/news/story.aspx?id=387736. Retrieved 2009-12-10. 
4. ^ "New siding eliminates Amtrak, UP bottleneck in Missouri". ProgressiveRailroading.com. December 9, 2009. http://www.progressiverailroading.com/news/article.asp?id=22136. Retrieved 2009-12-10. 
5. ^ "Missouri River Runner". Amtrak. http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer/AM_Route_C/1241245664594/1237405732511/OTPPageHorizontalRouteOverview/perf. Retrieved 5 May 2010. 
6. ^ "AMTRAK DELIVERS A 100 PERCENT ON-TIME PERFORMANCE DURING BUSY HOLIDAY WEEK". Missouri Department of Transportation. 3 December 2009. http://www.modot.mo.gov/newsandinfo/District0News.shtml?action=displaySSI&newsId=43659. Retrieved 5 May 2010. 
7. ^ "MISSOURI RIVER RUNNER". TrainWeb. http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/missouririver.htm. Retrieved 22 October 2010. 

• Amtrak (2010-11-08). "Illinois and Missouri routes timetable" (PDF). http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/BlobServer?blobcol=urldata&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobkey=id&blobwhere=1249216175793&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobheadername1=Content-disposition&blobheadervalue1=attachment;filename=Amtrak_W21.pdf. Retrieved 2010=10=22. 

External links

• Amtrak - Missouri River Runner
• MoDOT - Name The Train