Amtrak Missouri

Amtrak Missouri is working to improve Missouri’s passenger rails system along the Kansas City to St. Louis corridor.

Current Investments

• $44 million – federal funding for capital improvements to increase safety, efficiency and capacity; leveraging another $19 million in private investment

• $5 million – federal funding for preliminary engineering on six future projects, such as double tracks, new crossovers, a grade separation and passing sidings; leveraging $1.1 million more in private investment

• $268 million – federal funding Missouri will share with a four-state Midwest consortium to purchase new rail equipment

• $500,000 – a federal grant MoDOT is matching with $177,000 of in-kind services to develop a new 20-year State Rail Plan

Program Goals

• Improve on-time performance and reliability to increase ridership

• Increase speed, over time, up to 90 miles per hour

• Promote transportation options and economic prosperity

• Expand and improve passenger rail system in the Midwest Region

Current State-Sponsored Route Delivers Results

• Service: Two daily, round trips

• Ridership: 191,000 passengers (FY11), up nearly 16 percent from FY10

• On-time Performance: 89 percent (FY11), up from 63 percent in FY08

• Customer Satisfaction: 89 percent (FY11), ranked 6th among short-distance corridors

Recently Completed Projects

• $5 million state; $3.1 million federal funds for new passing siding near California, Mo.

• $34.1 million railroad-only investment for second rail bridge over Gasconade River

• Station improvements at St. Louis, Jefferson City and Sedalia

Download the Fact Sheet as a .PDF:Improving Missouri’s Passenger Rail System – Kansas City to St. Louis Corridor