Lincoln Service or Lincoln Service Missouri River Runner
The two routes share 11 stations, St. Louis, Alton, Carlinville among them. The table lists what each shows and how long each takes; the route pages carry the full stretch tables.
Side by side
| Lincoln Service | Lincoln Service Missouri River Runner | |
|---|---|---|
| Endpoints | St. Louis to Chicago Union Station | Kansas City to Chicago Union Station |
| Duration, end to end | 5 h 5 m | 11 h 20 m |
| Frequency | Daily | Daily |
| Trains | 302 northbound, 305 southbound | 318 eastbound, 319 westbound |
| Named stretches with a cited source | 6 | 9 |
| Shows | Big cities, Big rivers, Wildlife | Big rivers, Big cities, Wildlife, Wine country |
| Headline stretch | Mississippi River, Eads Bridge, and the Gateway Arch | Missouri River bluffs at Jefferson City |
| Headline stretch in daylight | northbound: daylight Apr to Aug; dawn Sep to Mar, 6:57 a.m.; southbound: dark, 10:00 p.m. | eastbound: daylight, 12:12 p.m.; westbound: daylight Feb to Oct; dusk Nov to Jan, 5:10 p.m. |
Duration, frequency, and daylight are computed from the Amtrak GTFS timetable (fetched 2026-10-15) for the representative trip in each direction; daylight is the phrase for the headline stretch, the highlighted row of each route page. Named stretches are counted from the cited route guides. How these are computed.