CHICAGO — Amtrak’s list of Midwest train cancellations because of extreme cold weather continues to expand.
Added to the list in an updated advisory issued at 1 a.m. ET today (Monday, Jan. 20) are the following trains that were scheduled to operate today:
— Combined Missouri River Runner/Lincoln Service train No. 318 , the 8:40 a.m. departure from Kansas City to Chicago. Bus transportation will be provided between Kansas City and Chicago, with passengers then accommodated on train No. 306, an 5:40 p.m. departure from St. Louis to Chicago.
— The St. Louis-Kansas City portion of Lincoln Service/Missouri River Runner train No. 319, scheduled to depart Chicago at 9:40 a.m. and leave St. Louis at 3:11 p.m. Bus service will be provided on the cancelled portion.
— Missouri River Runners No. 311 (St. Louis-Kansas City, departing 8:11 a.m.) and 316 (Kansas City-St. Louis, departing 4:05 p.m.). Bus transportation will be provided.
— Lincoln Service trains No. 300 (St. Louis-Chicago, departing 4:30 a.m.), whose passengers will instead take No. 302, departing at 6:25 a.m.; No. 301 (Chicago-St. Louis, 7:15 a.m. departure), whose passengers will instead take train No. 319; and No. 305 (Chicago-St. Louis, departing 5:20 p.m.), whose passengers will now take No. 307, departing 7:10 p.m.
— Saluki No. 390, a 7:30 a.m. departure from Carbondale, Ill., for Chicago. Bus transportation will be provided.
An additional Amtrak update (on Jan. 21 at 1 a.m. ET) has added these cancellations for Tuesday, Jan. 21:
— Missouri River Runner: No. 311, the 8:10 a.m. St. Louis-Kansas City departure; bus service will be provided but will skip the Heromann, Mo., and Washington, Mo. stops; No. 316, the 4:05 p.m. Kansas City-St. Louis train. Bus service will be provided.
An update posted at 5:20 p.m. ET has added these cancellations for Wednesday, Jan. 22:
— Hiawatha trains 330 and 332 (southbound departures at 6:15 a.m. and 8:05 a.m.) are now cancelled; earlier plans had called for the cancellation of northbound trains 339 and 341. Bus transportation will be provided.
— Also cancelled is Borealis No. 1340 from St. Paul to Chicago. Bus transportation will be provided.
Today’s Midwest and long-distance cancellations now include at least 27 trains. Previously announced cancellations today through Wednesday, Jan. 22, involving the Empire Builder, Sunset Limited, Texas Eagle, City of New Orleans, Hiawatha, Wolverine, Borealis, and Carl Sandburg are detailed in a previous report [see “Amtrak cancels more Midwest trains …,” Trains News Wire, Jan. 17, 2025].
At least two Northeast Corridor trains have also been cancelled — Acela No. 2163, scheduled to depart Boston for Washington at 11:05 a.m, and Acela No. 2172, a 4 p.m. departure from Washington to Boston. Both were cancelled because of “equipment unavailability,” according to the Amtrak NEC Alerts feed on X.com.
— Updated at 5:10 p.m. CT with additional cancellations on Jan. 22 and an additional Acela cancellation today (Jan. 20); updated Jan. 21 at 7 a.m. with Missouri River Runner cancellations.
