Texas Eagle

A Missouri Pacific name kept alive from the Loop to the Alamo: with through sleepers to Los Angeles, one of the longest runs on the Amtrak map.

Stations

1. 0 kmChicago Union Station
2. 59 kmJoliet
3. 148 kmPontiac
4. 199 kmBloomington-Normal
5. 251 kmLincoln
6. 297 kmSpringfield
7. Show 18 more stations

   1. 360 kmCarlinville
   2. 410 kmAlton
   3. 452 kmSaint Louis
   4. 599 kmArcadia Valley
   5. 717 kmPoplar Bluff
   6. 812 kmWalnut Ridge
   7. 1,007 kmLittle Rock
   8. 1,076 kmMalvern
   9. 1,112 kmArkadelphia
   10. 1,187 kmHope
   11. 1,239 kmTexarkana
   12. 1,346 kmMarshall
   13. 1,382 kmLongview
   14. 1,457 kmMineola
   15. 1,587 kmDallas Union Station
   16. 1,640 kmFort Worth Central
   17. 1,686 kmCleburne
   18. 1,805 kmMcGregor
8. 1,846 kmTemple
9. 1,909 kmTaylor
10. 1,965 kmAustin
11. 2,015 kmSan Marcos
12. 2,100 kmSan Antonio

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 2795760 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 32 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: 99.8% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 8 m); the longest stretch away from it is 2 km
• Checked against the running timetable via Amtrak: our line passes within 119 m of every station the Texas Eagle to Chicago calls at (the operator publishes no route geometry to compare)
• 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 Texas Eagle?

The Texas Eagle runs 2,102 km from Chicago to San Antonio.

How long does the Texas Eagle take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 32 h for the 2,102 km. That is an average of 66 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 177 km/h.

Who runs the Texas Eagle?

Amtrak.

How old is the Texas Eagle?

The line has been in service since 1948. 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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