Mules
Info
Type	Inter-city rail
System	Amtrak
Locale	Missouri
Termini	Kansas City, Missouri St. Louis, Missouri
Stations	10
Operation
Owner	UP (track)
Operator(s)	Amtrak
Technical
Line length	283 mi (455.44 km)
Route map Legend Distance Station 0 St. Louis 13 mi (21 km) Kirkwood 51 mi (82 km) Washington 81 mi (130 km) Hermann 125 mi (201 km) Jefferson City 189 mi (304 km) Sedalia 218 mi (351 km) Warrensburg 260 mi (418 km) Lee's Summit 273 mi (439 km) Independence 283 mi (455 km) Kansas City

The Kansas City Mule and St. Louis Mule were a pair of 283-mile (455 km) passenger trains operated by Amtrak running between St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri as part of the Missouri Service train network. From 2007 these trains used the same track as one other Amtrak route, the Ann Rutledge. In 2009, Amtrak consolidated these trains under the name Missouri River Runner.

Because the tracks are owned by Union Pacific (UP), freight trains have priority over passenger trains. This often resulted in severe delays for Amtrak, such as those seen in May 2007, when the Missouri Department of Transportation blamed UP for the disruptions.^[1]

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[edit] External links

• Amtrak - Missouri Routes

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