Amtrak Southwest Chief
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amtrak says its Kansas ridership this year improved but slid by more than 5 percent in neighboring Missouri.
McClatchy Newspapers says the Amtrak’s Chicago-to-Los Angeles Southwest Chief served a record number of passengers, numbering more than 367,000.
That service stops at six Kansas cities, with Kansas accounting for more than 49,000 of the passengers last year, up slightly over 2014.
Missouri’s state-supported River Runner between St. Louis and Kansas City had 10,000 fewer riders this year. That ridership totaled roughly 179,000 for the year that ended Sept. 30.
Nationwide, Amtrak carried 30.8 million passengers in 2015.