Texas Eagle

Texas Eagle

Texas Eagle in Austin, 2011
Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail, higher-speed rail
Locale	Midwest and Southwestern United States (daily)
Predecessor	Inter-American
First service	October 2, 1981 (1981-10-02)
Current operator(s)	Amtrak
Annual ridership	294,439 (FY23) 16.2%[a][1]
Route
Termini	Chicago, Illinois San Antonio, Texas or Los Angeles, California
Stops	43
Distance travelled	1,306 mi (2,102 km) (to San Antonio) 2,728 mi (4,390 km) (to Los Angeles)
Average journey time	30 3⁄4 hours (San Antonio to Chicago) 32 1⁄4 hours (Chicago to San Antonio) 61 3⁄4 hours (Los Angeles to Chicago) 65 3⁄4 hours (Chicago to Los Angeles)[2]
Service frequency	Daily (tri-weekly to Los Angeles)
Train number(s)	21, 22 (to San Antonio) 321, 322 (to St. Louis) 421, 422 (to Los Angeles)
On-board services
Class(es)	Coach Class Sleeper Service
Disabled access	Train lower level, all stations
Sleeping arrangements	Roomette (2 beds) Bedroom (2 beds) Bedroom Suite (4 beds) Accessible Bedroom (2 beds) Family Bedroom (4 beds)
Catering facilities	Dining car (San Antonio-Los Angeles only), Café
Observation facilities	Sightseer lounge car (San Antonio-Los Angeles only)
Baggage facilities	Overhead racks, checked baggage available at selected stations
Technical
Rolling stock	GE Genesis Superliner
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Operating speed	55 mph (89 km/h) (avg.) 100 mph (161 km/h) (top)[3]
Track owner(s)	UP, BNSF, CN
Route map Show interactive map Legend Borealis, Empire Builder, and Hiawatha 0 mi Chicago 37 mi 60 km Joliet 92 mi 148 km Pontiac 124 mi 200 km Normal 156 mi 251 km Lincoln 185 mi 298 km Springfield 237 mi 381 km Carlinville 257 mi 414 km Alton IL MO Mississippi River 284 mi 457 km St. Louis Missouri River Runner to Kansas City 376 mi 605 km Arcadia Valley 453 mi 729 km Poplar Bluff MO AR 523 mi 842 km Walnut Ridge 560 mi 901 km Newport closed 1996 634 mi 1020 km Little Rock 677 mi 1090 km Malvern 694 mi 1117 km Arkadelphia 741 mi 1193 km Hope 774 mi 1246 km Texarkana AR TX Crescent to New York proposed 840 mi 1352 km Marshall 864 mi 1390 km Longview 912 mi 1468 km Mineola 991 mi 1595 km Dallas branch discontinued 1995 Heartland Flyer to Oklahoma City 1022 mi 1645 km Fort Worth 1051 mi 1691 km Cleburne 1125 mi 1811 km McGregor 1036 mi 1667 km Corsicana 1150 mi 1851 km Temple 1152 mi 1854 km College Station 1188 mi 1912 km Taylor 1223 mi 1968 km Austin 1247 mi 2007 km Houston 1253 mi 2017 km San Marcos Sunset Limited to New Orleans 1306 mi 2102 km San Antonio daily tri-weekly 1475 mi 2374 km Del Rio 1601 mi 2577 km Sanderson 1692 mi 2723 km Alpine Central Time Mountain Time 1910 mi 3074 km El Paso TX NM Rio Grande 1998 mi 3215 km Deming 2058 mi 3312 km Lordsburg NM AZ Mountain Time Arizona Time 2176 mi 3502 km Benson 2226 mi 3582 km Tucson 2312 mi 3721 km Maricopa Phoenix discontinued 1996 2477 mi 3986 km Yuma AZ CA Arizona Time Pacific Time Indio closed 1998 2622 mi 4220 km Palm Springs Southwest Chief to Chicago 2689 mi 4328 km Ontario 2696 mi 4339 km Pomona Coast Starlight to Seattle Pacific Surfliner 2728 mi 4390 km Los Angeles all stops are accessible This diagram: view talk edit Show route diagram map

The Texas Eagle is a long-distance passenger train operated daily by Amtrak on a 1,306-mile (2,102 km) route between Chicago, Illinois, and San Antonio, Texas, with major stops in St. Louis, Little Rock, Dallas, Fort Worth, and Austin. Three days per week, the train joins the Sunset Limited in San Antonio and continues to Los Angeles via El Paso and Tucson. The combined 2,728-mile (4,390 km) route is the longest in the United States and the second-longest in the Americas, after the Canadian.

Prior to 1988, the train was known simply as the Eagle.

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