Lincoln Service or Missouri River Runner
The two routes share one station, St. Louis. The table lists what each shows and how long each takes; the route pages carry the full stretch tables.
Side by side
| Lincoln Service | Missouri River Runner | |
|---|---|---|
| Endpoints | St. Louis to Chicago Union Station | St. Louis to Kansas City |
| Duration, end to end | 5 h 5 m | 5 h 40 m |
| Frequency | Daily | Daily |
| Trains | 302 northbound, 305 southbound | 311 westbound, 316 eastbound |
| Named stretches with a cited source | 6 | 3 |
| Shows | Big cities, Big rivers, Wildlife | Big rivers, Wine country, Wildlife |
| 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. | westbound: daylight, 10:10 a.m.; eastbound: daylight May to Jul; dusk Aug to Sep; dark Oct to Feb; dusk Mar to Apr, 7:34 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.