6-582: River Cities could refer to: the River Cities (train) , a passenger train operated by Amtrak River Cities Futbol Club , a defunct American women's soccer team River Cities LocoMotives , a defunct American indoor football team River Cities' Reader , an alternative newspaper in Davenport, Iowa River Cities Cup , a soccer rivalry between FC Cincinnati and Louisville City FC Topics referred to by
12-595: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages River Cities (train) The River Cities was a passenger train operated by Amtrak from 1984 to 1993 between Kansas City, Missouri , and New Orleans, Louisiana , via St. Louis, Missouri . It operated as a section of the City of New Orleans and the Mules . The two trains split in Carbondale, Illinois , with
18-555: The Panama Limited , had operated St. Louis sections that split in Carbondale. Amtrak ended the service on November 4, 1993, as part of national cost-cutting measures, and instituted Amtrak Thruway service between St. Louis and Centralia, Illinois (since extended to Carbondale). The only city to permanently lose service was Belleville, Illinois . In June 2021, Senator Jon Tester of Montana added an amendment to
24-562: The River Cities continuing 117 miles (188 km) to St. Louis, where it joined with a Kansas City Mule . For southbound trains the procedure was reversed; the River Cities would split from a St. Louis Mule and proceed to Carbondale, where it joined with the City of New Orleans for the journey to New Orleans. Before the Amtrak era, the City of New Orleans and its nighttime companion,
30-648: The Surface Transportation Investment Act of 2021 which would require the Department of Transportation (not Amtrak itself) to evaluate the restoration of discontinued long-distance routes such as the River Cities . The bill passed the Senate Commerce Committee with bipartisan support, and was later rolled into President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal , which has since been passed by Congress as
36-420: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title River Cities . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=River_Cities&oldid=943264266 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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