Classic route
Missouri River Runner
St. Louis → Kansas City · United States
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Twice a day along the wide Missouri: Hermann’s German wine town, the capitol at Jefferson City and ragtime Sedalia between the two big cities.
Stations
- 0 kmSaint Louis
- 21 kmKirkwood
- 82 kmWashington
- 124 kmHermann
- 195 kmJefferson City
- 296 kmSedalia
- 344 kmWarrensburg
- 410 kmLee's Summit
- 431 kmIndependence
- 447 kmKansas City Union Station
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 4743862 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 33 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 9 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via Amtrak: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of the Missouri River Runner to St. Louis
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Missouri River Runner?
The Missouri River Runner runs 455 km from St. Louis to Kansas City.
How long does the Missouri River Runner take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 5 h 40 min for the 455 km. That is an average of 80 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 145 km/h.
Who runs the Missouri River Runner?
Amtrak.
How old is the Missouri River Runner?
The line has been in service since 1865. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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